MMC Legal Services: Michelle Morgan-Coole

MMC Legal Services: Michelle Morgan-Coole A disability-specific legal practice, dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities and their f

MMC Legal Services is in the unique position of being a disability-specific law practice, offering legal services to individuals with disabilities and their families in Nova Scotia. Michelle Morgan-Coole also offers presentations on supported decision-making, future financial planning and other topics of interest to individuals with disabilities and their families. As a parent of two young adults

with special needs, Michelle can both understand and connect with members of the disability community. This unique perspective is very helpful both when conveying legal information and answering the inevitable questions that follow. Michelle is the author of the legal blawg, "A Primer on Special Needs and the Law" and the creator of the Nova Scotia Legal Guardianship Kit (https://www.facebook.com/nslegalguardianship)

DISCLAIMER: This summary may be considered attorney advertising under certain rules of professional attorney conduct. Any testimonial or endorsement does not constitute a guarantee, warranty or prediction concerning the result of your legal matter.

01/29/2026

Inclusion NS welcomes the Disability Support Program’s decision to stop new admissions to group homes and developmental residences as of January 1, 2026, and to move forward with a planned transition over the next two and a half years so people do not have to move right away.

People currently living in these homes will stay where they are while government staff meet with organizations and share more information with residents and staff, which reflects Inclusion NS’s belief that people with disabilities should have real choices and stability in their lives.

Inclusion NS is also pleased to share information that the yearly bus and ferry pass now available to DSP participants in HRM and CBRM is another positive step that helps people travel, work, study, and take part in community life on an equal basis with others, which is at the heart of Inclusion NS’s vision of full inclusion.

01/20/2026

Nova Scotians with disabilities will soon have more choices for supported living in community with the launch of the new HomeShare program, a commitment under the Nova Scotia Human Rights Remedy.

Through the program, which launches today, January 20, participants in Nova Scotia’s Disability Support Program who choose to live in a shared home are matched with a provider in their community. Providers are paid for the support and for room and board from the participant’s individualized funding.

Every match is based on individual needs, interests, routines and expectations. Providers may help participants prepare meals, get to and from work or keep track of appointments. In some cases, participants live quite independently; in others, support is a more integrated part of daily life.

The program is delivered by established disability support service providers who co-ordinate locally with support from the government and Nova Scotia Community Living Organizations. Local co-ordinating organizations are responsible for screening providers, facilitating matches and providing ongoing support to the provider and the participant.

Recruitment is now underway for potential HomeShare providers. More information is available at: www.HomeShareNS.ca

12/01/2025

Inclusion Nova Scotia stands in solidarity with the Quebec Society for Intellectual Disabilities (SQDI) and their class action lawsuit against the Government of Quebec regarding “sheltered workshops.”

The Quebec Intellectual Disability Society (QIDS), alongside people with intellectual disabilities and family members, has launched a class action lawsuit calling for recognition of the injustices experienced by people with intellectual or other disabilities in certain work-experience programs. These include sheltered workshops and long-term internships where people work for years without pay and without opportunities to move into inclusive, paid employment.

We stand with SQDI in their efforts to advance inclusion and ensure that everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive through inclusive, meaningful employment.

For more information: www.sqdi.ca/en/class-action

You can also listen to the CBC segment featuring Lex Gill, a TJL lawyer representing the collective action, as she explains the situation and its goals:
https://www.sqdi.ca/.../on-parle-de-laction-collective.../

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