(3/3) Your voice can open doors. By spreading the word, you help us reach donors, organizations, and allies who can keep this support alive.

Share this campaign with your community and help bring back the NEADS Financial Assistance Program for Winter 2026.

Learn more & donate here: buff.ly/qwr6yWr

(2/3) Help spread the word by sharing this campaign with your family, friends, and networks — from your student union or disability club to your workplace or co-op/field practicum employer. You can also encourage local businesses, community groups, or municipal leaders to sponsor a $2,000 grant.

(4/4) With your help, we can reopen applications for Winter 2026. Give today or share this thread to spread the word.

To learn more or donate, visit buff.ly/zOKMOZy

(3/4) Backed over the years by BMO Capital Markets, Scotiabank, Industrial Alliance, and the Government of Canada, along with partners such as Canada Post, Accessible Media Inc., and Connor Clark & Lunn Financial Group, the 2025–2026 school year marks the first time that no funding is available.

(2/3) Since 2007, the program has distributed $1.35 million and supported 745 students nationwide.

In 2024 alone, a record 910 students applied, underscoring how vital this support continues to be.

(4/4) With your support, we can reopen applications for Winter 2026 and bring this vital support back to disabled students across Canada.

To help us reopen applications, share this post or donate at buff.ly/zOKMOZy

#FundraisingFriday #NEADSGrants #FundAccess #AccessibleEducation #CanadaCharity

(3/4) The NEADS Financial Assistance Program has been providing grants to offset these disability-related expenses since 2007. Unfortunately, the 2025-2026 school year is the first time since 2007 that there has been no funding available to distribute — the program’s first pause since its creation.

(2/4) These non-optional expenses may include:
💲 Assistive technology
💲 Software subscriptions
💲 Ergonomic study spaces
💲 Diagnostic assessments
💲 Reliable home internet
💲 Medications
💲 Therapies & counselling
💲 Accessible housing
💲 Specialized diets
💲 Personal laptops

(6/6) Details on individual jobs and required skills can be found at cbc.ca/cape or cbc.ca/jobs.

For more information, email [email protected]

(5/6) Applicants must also submit a one-page letter of interest describing why they think this program is right for them & what impact they think it could have on their career objectives.

Please note: by applying for this program, applicants are consenting to disclose they have a disability.

(4/6) To be eligible, applicants must:
✔️ identify as a person with a disability
✔️ be able to work legally in Canada
✔️ be available for the assigned workweek during the program, to be discussed during the interview process (up to 38.75 hours - some roles have more flexibility).

(3/6) Participants will be hired in locations across CBC to work in a variety of roles. This year, roles will be located in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.

Participants will learn more about the media industry and gain access to career development opportunities while working in their field.

(2/6) Now in its seventh year, CAPE aims to kick-start the careers of persons with disabilities, eliminate barriers to employment, showcase the participant’s talents and generate more discussion, learning and content related to disability, accessibility and inclusion.

(7/7) This #invisibledisabilitiesweek, we encourage anyone who is comfortable doing so to speak up about your own experiences with invisible disability so we can #seetheinvisible. People living with invisible disabilities should not be excluded from discussions surrounding disability.

(6/7) Some of the challenges faced by invisibly disabled people may include difficult decisions over disclosure, being dismissed or disbelieved when speaking about their experiences, having a feeling of not being 'disabled enough', and being accused of 'faking it'

(5/7) There is a myth that people with invisible disabilities face less stigma and ableism than their visibly disabled peers, but this is false. They can, however, experience them in different forms

(4/7) While they are often used interchangeably, choosing to say 'invisible' instead of 'non-visible' or 'non-apparent' may be be a purposeful choice to account for the fact that this is an oft-overlooked or 'invisible' identity group, taking the meaning beyond the literal lack of visual signs

(3/7) To put it simply, invisible disabilities are disabilities that are not visibly apparent to a casual observer. This encompasses a wide range of physical, mental, and neurological conditions.

The image below lists only a few examples of the thousands of invisible conditions that exist.