When Marya Bangash, an advocate for people with disabilities, had COVID-19 last January, she says not only did it make her feel like she “was going to die,” it also took away the disability support systems she relied on prior to the pandemic.
“While I was going through the motions and recovering, it just felt like all my surroundings that used to help me and be there for me … didn’t want anything to do with me,” she told The Current‘s Matt Galloway from Markham, Ont.
Bangash, who uses a wheelchair and is immunocompromised, is the co-ordinator for SMILE Canada, a support group for refugee
