Carrie 1 says applying for financial support is like climbing Mount Everest.
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There are some programs that you can get into, probably here in Quebec, different provincial programs. But all of them are a ton of paperwork. And paperwork for me is Mount Everest, I’m – paperwork is just awful for my brain fog and my cognitive dysfunction. And so I would love support for applying for those programs, if there was somebody who could help with all the paperwork. And help helping us know what programs exist, and then helping us access them. Because it’s just so hard. I often pick one project for every two months. I have to fill out this form. OK, cool. I’m going to take two months to fill it out. It’s hard.
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