Canada’s disability support system operates like a light switch: you’re either “on” and fully disabled or “off” and completely on your own. There’s no middle ground for the millions of Canadians with episodic, partial, or fluctuating conditions. If you can’t work full-time in a traditional 9-to-5 setting, the system doesn’t see you. It treats disability like a binary yes-or-no instead of a spectrum of capacity, contribution, and need.