Document 1945
 DOCN  M94A1945
 TI    Providing legal assistance to the HIV+ community.
 DT    9412
 AU    Atkinson MJ; HIV Legal Project, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):415 (abstract no. PD0270). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370630
 AB    The HIV Legal Project (HELP) was established by a small group of AIDS
       activists in 1990 to provide legal assistance to PLWA. The majority of
       the board of directors of the Project is HIV+ to ensure community
       accountability and relevance. With funding from the provincial Ontario
       Legal Aid Plan, the Project has hired a lawyer to work full time within
       another legal aid clinic, The Advocacy Resource Centre for the
       Handicapped. The Project does test case litigation, education and
       advocacy for individuals and for law reform; however, the Project acts
       mainly as a referral service for people facing HIV/AIDS discrimination,
       in income maintenance, insurance, employment, housing, immigration and
       health care. In our first year the Project handled over 300 requests for
       help in the following areas: private insurance, 28%; health care 23%;
       human rights 23%; family law, criminal law and immigration 17%; and
       wills and powers of attorney 9%. We will report on the most recent
       activities of the Project: the number and types of calls, the issues
       raised, and the Project's response.
 DE    Disabled/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  Human  *HIV Seropositivity  Ontario
       Patient Advocacy/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  *Prejudice  MEETING ABSTRACT

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