Step 5 - Persons with Disabilities designation (BC)

Here is how you can ask your medical professional to complete the Medical Report.

Section 2 starts with some directions and information for your doctor or nurse practitioner. They must fill out the part of Section 2 that begins on page 9. If you have more than one person who could help you, ask the person who knows you best to fill out the form.

Here are a few ways that you can help your doctor or nurse practitioner complete this section.

Make an appointment with your doctor or nurse practitioner to discuss the form. Section Two has many questions. How well your doctor or nurse practitioner can answer them will depend on how well they know you.

Take your application form with your section finished. Meet with them to talk about the form and go through the questions before they fill out their part. This is particularly important if you go to a walk-in clinic where they don’t know your health history well.

You may want to photocopy and fill out Section 2 yourself as a ‘draft’. You can consider getting some advice from an advocate before filling out a rough draft of section 2 for your doctor. Then you can show it to your doctor or nurse practitioner to see if they think it is accurate. If they agree with what you have written, they may want to use it as a guide. It will make their job easier and help them understand how your disability affects you.

Take a copy of your completed Applicant Checklist from the application form. Another useful thing to bring to the meeting is the Letter to doctors/nurse practitioners on page 9 of Disability Alliance B.C.’s help sheet.