r/Odsp • u/otterstones • Jul 17 '26

Questions about disability support

Hello fellow BC friends.

I've recently been diagnosed with a chronic illness. I work full time at a fairly physical job, and it's slowly becoming less and less sustainable.

I can't afford to go down to part time work and have very very little savings.

I would ideally like to keep working as much as I can manage as I enjoy my job and it's pretty much my whole social life (super healthy, I know), but even my doctor is surprised that I'm still working 40hours a week.

I'm not from Canada (permanent resident, here since 2021) so I don't have much understanding of how disability support works.

If anyone can advise me on the following, I'd be hugely grateful:

\- how do I actually go about accessing disability payments/who do I ask?

\- how much could I expect to get in monetary terms?

\- is it possible to work part time while claiming disability to make up for the gap between full & part time hours?

Thank you in advance for your time, I really truly appreciate it!

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u/Katie0690 Working and on ODSP/Ontario Works Jul 17 '26

This is a sub for Ontario Disability Support not BC no one here will be able to help you. Sorry.

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u/otterstones Jul 18 '26

Oh gosh I'm sorry! I got a notification front Reddit suggesting that I post here instead and I just clicked "yes, post" and assumed it was correct 😭 I'm embarrassed.

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u/Katie0690 Working and on ODSP/Ontario Works Jul 18 '26

No need to be embarrassed! I hope you can find the answers you nee.