Outside the city’s AISH office in northeast Calgary, a number of Calgarians gathered on a frigid Wednesday, dressed in their warmest clothing and holding posters and red flags.

For many of them, making it out the door on a warm day is already challenging, navigating a range of physical and mental disabilities.

To be at the rally, protesting the province’s announced changes to its disability benefits program, on a cold, snowy and slippery day — “it is that much harder for people with disabilities to make it out the door,” said Eva Foessel, whose sister and sister-in-law live with severe physical and mental disabilities, respectively.

The changes, which will take effect in 2026, will see recipients of the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped program be moved to the Alberta Disabili

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