TORONTO — Heather Thompson would love to work.

The 26-year-old dreams of going back to university to study politics and environmental science, and ultimately pursue a career to “try and make things better” in society.

“I’m not the person I want to be yet and I want to be able to achieve certain goals and be a well-rounded, well developed person. But I’m prevented from doing that because I live in legislated poverty,” they said.

The government said it would help lift 600,000 Canadians with disabilities out of poverty with the Canada Disability Benefit.{ai:summary}<p>Heather Thompson, 26, aspires to study politics and environmental science to improve society but feels hindered by living in legislated poverty. She expresses a desire to become a more developed individual and achieve her goals.  </p><p>#society</p>

People with disabilities ask feds to restore 'hope' and raise benefit amount

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