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[This is from the AbleNews Conference]

           CANADA PENSION PLAN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
                   FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS
       (As revised June 26, 1992, Health and Welfare Canada)
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From: The Rehabilitation Digest/December 1992 By:   Health and
Welfare Canada.

The Canada Pension Plan was established in 1965; it is best known
as a retirement plan to which nearly every working canadian makes
contibutions.

Less well known is its disability benefits component, which
provides financial protection for individuals and their families in
the event of a disability.

To be eligible for a Canada Pension Plan disability pension, a person must:

  * be between the ages of 18 and 66;
  * have contributed to the Canada pension Plan for a minimum
    qualifying period;
  * be disabled, as defined by the Canada Pension Plan legislation;
  * have become disabled before, or within six months after, the effective
    date of his or her early retirement pension (when the person is already
    receiving a Canada Pension Plan retirement benefit and becomes disabled
    between 60 and 65 years of age);
  * and apply in writing.

The Canada Pension Plan was amended June 26 1992, with the
intention of assisting those persons who may be denied a CPP
disability benefit because they were unable to meet the minimum
contributory requirements as a result of a late application.

DEFINITION OF DISABILITY:

According to the CPP legislation, a person is eligible for
disability benefits "only if he is determined in prescribed manner
to have a SEVERE and PROLONGED mental and/or physical disability."

The term "prolonged" means that the individual's severe disability
is expected to continue for an indefinite time after the time of
application, and that its duration cannot be predicted with
reasonable certainty OR is likely to result in death.

CPP interprets a "severe disability" as one that incapacitates to
such an extent that a person is "incapable regularly of pursuing
any substantially gainful occupation."

DISABILITY = any restriction or lack of ability, resulting from the
disabling medical condition, to perform an activity in the manner
or within the range considered normal for a human being.

INCAPABLE = unable or unfit to pursue any subtantially gainful
occupation as a result of the disability.

CPP DISABILIYY BENEFITS ARE NOT NECESSARILY PERMANENT.

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For a detailed report of the 1991 Health and Activity Limitations
Survey, contact your Staistics Canada Regional Reference Centre or
the toll-free national order line: 1-800-267-6677.

               Au revoir, I hope...?

                                               Arlette.

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