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Regional Resources
Canada
Federal Government Resources | Provincial Resources
| Support Services and Associations | Legislation Affecting Canadians
Federal Government Resources
Canada Customs & Revenue Agency – Information for people with disabilities
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Child
& Family Canada
Esmeril's Collection of Canadian Disability Sites "disability sites including disability organizations, groups and other Canadian sites devoted to disabilities."
SNOW
– Special needs opportunity windows
SNE project – Canada's Special Needs Education Project is "an Internet service providing resources for parents, teachers, schools, and other professionals, individuals, groups, and organizations involved in the education of students with special needs. "
Revenue Canada publications, forms and deductions for people with disabilities.
Provincial Government Resources
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland/Labrador
Nova Scotia
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon Territories
Support Services and Associations
The Autism Society of Canada "mission is to provide support on a national basis to people affected by autism and related conditions. It is our intention that through this site we will be able to provide you with easy access to information and referral to information on services and resources, as well as provide you with news of ASC’s activity on behalf of the autism community. Our main focus will be on Canadian information, however there are links to other sites for a rounded archive of information on autism and related conditions. "
Canadian Association of the Deaf "Protecting and promoting the rights, needs and concerns of Deaf Canadians."
Canadian Association for Community Care Serving 1,200 Canadian agencies/organizations providing direct community care services such as Meals on Wheels, home care support and long-term care.
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT)"provides services, products, events and networking opportunities to assist occupational therapists achieve excellence in their professional practice. In addition CAOT provides national leadership to actively develop and promote the client-centred profession of occupational therapy in Canada and internationally."
Canadian Association for People who Stutter (CAPS)"is a national non-profit organization that provides coordination for a national network of autonomous Canadian self-help groups for people who stutter.
Such groups offer people who stutter support and resources and are founded on the principle that as people who stutter, we have much to learn from each other - no matter what language we speak."
The Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
(CASLPA) is "the single national body that supports the needs,
interests and development of speech-language pathologists and audiologists across Canada."
Canadian Association for Young Children The only national association specifically concerned with the well being of children, birth through age nine - at home, in preschool settings and at school.
The Canadian Home & School Federation -- CHSF is a national, nonprofit and nonpartisan umbrella organization for ten provincial affiliates representing parents committed to improving the quality of education available to their children.
The Canadian Hearing Society
Canadian Hyperlexia Association
The Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network
"Over 5,000,000 Canadians struggle due to language and literacy deficiency. The Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network is dedicated to reducing this number dramatically in the future by focusing on early childhood development in the present. Our objective is simple: to help every Canadian achieve a more fulfilling life, thereby creating a nation empowered by communication."
The Centre for Communicative and Cognitive Disabilities "The CCCD is a Canadian university-based centre of specialization which was established in 1985 by the Secretary of State to improve educational opportunities for students with communication exceptionalities. CCCD is dedicated to assisting students with language and learning disabilities, deafness,
and physical challenges to participate fully in society."
Deaf Canada Directory is a directory of national and provincial resources for deaf and hard of hearing Canadians.
Easter Seal Society – Dedicated to helping children and young adults with physical disabilities achieve their full individual potential and future independence.
The Hanen Centre - "The Hanen Centre is an international organization dedicated to providing early speech - language intervention to all young children especially infants, toddlers, pre - schoolers, kindergarten and early elementary school aged children with special needs and speech language delays.
Learning Disabilities Association of Canada
Serving 10,000 families and professionals in every province and territory who work to help those affected by the presence of learningdisabilities
The National Centre for Audiology, University of Western Ontario is "Canada's preeminent centre of excellence in the field of hearing health care, the National Centre for Audiology (NCA) houses Canada's largest educational and research programs in the field."
Legislation Affecting Canadians
December 2000
Cash crunch may limit special needs access
Public board can't cover all therapy with current funding
Karen Unland, Journal Staff Writer
The Edmonton Journal
"...A review committee appointed by Learning Minister Lyle Oberg ruled that the public school board was not providing an adequate education to Kevin Imlay, 9, and his brother Ian, 7. It ordered the board to reimburse the Imlays for the $14,000 they spent last year on private speech-language therapy... And it has to work with the boys' therapists to determine the best way to educate them..."
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