The RDSP in Plain Words
How the RDSP works. How the government can add up to $90,000. Who can get one, and how to open one.
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ADHD and the Disability Tax Credit
Can ADHD count for the Disability Tax Credit? Yes, it can. This guide tells you how the government decides.
Read the Easy Read guideAutism and the Disability Tax Credit
Can autism count for the Disability Tax Credit? It depends on the help a person needs every day. This guide explains.
Read the Easy Read guideThe Canada Disability Benefit
A payment of up to $204.20 a month for adults aged 18 to 64. Who can get it, how much it pays, and how to apply.
Read the Easy Read guideLearning Disabilities and the Disability Tax Credit
A learning disability can count for the Disability Tax Credit, even if it does not look like a disability.
Read the Easy Read guideRDSP and RESP Together
Your child can have both plans at the same time. How the government money adds up, and which plan to pay into first.
Read the Easy Read guideThe Disability Tax Credit Explained
What the DTC is, who can get it, and how to apply. The key that opens the RDSP and up to $90,000 in government money.
Read the Easy Read guideYour DTC Was Approved: Now What
The letter is a key, not the finish line. What to do next, in order: open the RDSP, claim past tax years, check other benefits.
Read the Easy Read guideCancer and the Disability Tax Credit
Cancer can count during treatment, and sometimes years after it ends. How the government looks at the effects.
Read the Easy Read guideChronic Pain and the Disability Tax Credit
Pain is invisible, so forms often miss it. Why what pain does to your day matters more than the name of the condition.
Read the Easy Read guideDiabetes and the Disability Tax Credit
Diabetes alone does not count, but insulin therapy can. How it works for type 1 and type 2.
Read the Easy Read guideHearing Loss and the Disability Tax Credit
Hearing aids do not end the conversation. You are assessed on how you hear with your devices on.
Read the Easy Read guideMental Health and the Disability Tax Credit
Depression, anxiety, PTSD and bipolar disorder can count. How the government judges mental functions.
Read the Easy Read guideMobility and the Disability Tax Credit
You can walk and still count. The test is how walking works in your real life, and what it costs you.
Read the Easy Read guideMultiple Sclerosis and the Disability Tax Credit
MS comes and goes. Good days do not cancel the hard ones. How episodes add up over time.
Read the Easy Read guideWhen Your DTC Approval Ends
Many approvals have an end date. What pauses if it lapses, and how to renew early with less stress.
Read the Easy Read guideSeniors and the Disability Tax Credit
Nothing dramatic has to happen. A slow, gradual decline can count too.
Read the Easy Read guideVision Loss and the Disability Tax Credit
Blindness here does not mean total darkness. The 20/200 test and the field of vision test, explained.
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