Imagine holding your child and planning a bright, barrier-free future.

You look at your son or daughter with a disability, and you map out a life where they will reach incredible heights, participate fully in their community, and never feel like an afterthought to the society they live in.

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Because the calendar says it is 2026.

We allowed ourselves to believe the basic promise that progress was inevitable, assuming our leaders would naturally prioritize building more accessible places, funding better equipment, and constructing universally accessible housing.

What we assumed was completely wrong.

The UCP government slaughtered Bill 206 just after 3 p.m. on Monday on the floor of the legislature.

The Alberta Accessibility Act was supposed to be the foundational document that finally forced this province to tear down the systemic barriers preventing our children from simply existing comfortably in public........

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