SERVICES
 

• 211 Central – Resource website providing listings for Human Service Agencies 

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• Developmental Services Toronto (DSTO) – Toronto Region – Adult Developmental Services Agencies funded by the Ministry of Community and Social Service

 

• Partners for Planning - P4Pconnects a powerful network of professionals, organizations and agencies. With over 100 partner organizations referring families and caregivers to the Planning Network, it has become the go-to planning resource for families in Ontario.

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• Durham Association for Family Resources and Support - We host and participate in many family friendly events throughout the year. Past and present topics for discussion and planning for all those aspects of an ordinary, good life including home and housing, planning supports paid and unpaid, personal, support networks and exploring the abundance of our Durham community and neighborhoods.
   

• Families for a Secure Future (FSF) - FSF serves adults with developmental disabilities and supports them to become more engaged in directing their lives, making choices and taking up full citizenship in the community

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RECREATION
 

• Boys and Girls Clubs of Ontario – Community Clubs for children
   

• Scouts Canada – Recreational programming for children and youth
   

• Girl Guides of Canada – Recreational programming for girls ages 5-17 years
   

• City of Toronto Parks and Recreation – recreational programs and camps for everyone
   

• YMCA of Greater Toronto – Provides health, fitness, recreation, camps, childcare, youth support, leadership and employment programs.
   

• Cadets Canada – The Cadet Program is the largest federally-sponsored youth program in Canada that includes the Royal Canadian Sea, Army and Air Cadets. It is a national program for young Canadians aged 12 to 18 years who are interested in participating in a variety of fun, challenging and rewarding activities while learning about the sea, army and air activities of the Canadian Forces.
   

• Duke of Edinburgh Award –  The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is an exciting self-development program available to all young people, equipping them with life skills to make a difference to themselves, their community and their country

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INCLUSION

 

• Empowering Ability Podcast – Empowering Ability Podcast is a series focused on empowering people with disabilities to live an incredible ordinary life.  Episodes include discussion and interviews with individuals, “inclusion-thought” leaders, and experts.

• LifeCourse Tools – provides inclusive planning tools that look at the person as a whole and focuses on creating a vision and on what matters most. 
   

• Inclusion International – “Promoting inclusion, equality and opportunity for people with intellectual disabilities and their families worldwide”
   

• Abilities Canada – This website is an opportunity for people with disabilities and the broader community to engage in dialogue around issues that matter to all of us. INSPIRE – INFORM – EMPOWER. Make sure your voice is heard.
   

• Community Living Toronto (CLT) – Offers programs including Shadow Lake Centre, Early Childhood Services, individual Passport Funding supports, Youth2Work, volunteering, Person Directed Planning, Support Circles, support and family groups. specific legal advice or legal representation.

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• Inclusion Canada (formerly Canadian Association for Community Living) – CACL is an association working towards the advancement of inclusion and human rights for people with disabilities and their families.
   

• Inclusion Press – Resource articles, books, resources and links about inclusion.
   

• IMAGINE – Resource articles and information from David Pitonyak whose area of focus is supporting people who experience disabilities and who exhibit difficult behaviors. Difficult behaviors are messages which can tell us important things about a person and the quality of his or her life. Behavior is communication.
   

• Gentle Teaching International – Features information and resources about the Gentle Teaching Philosophy from the work of Dr. John McGee.
   

• A Centre for Conscious Care – The Conscious Care and Support approach helps caregivers to be more mindful in caring for others, with patience and kindness, even in times of stress.
   

• Family Alliance Ontario – an alliance of citizens that offers knowledge, tools and networking opportunities to individuals with disabilities and their families to assist them to realize a vision that includes having valued relationships, choice and control in their lives, and enables inclusion through meaningful contribution and participation in their communities.  Also advocates for those seeking funding through the Ontario provincial Special Services at Home Program.
   

• Individualized Funding Coalition of Ontario – A coalition whose members are collectively advocating for individualized funding for persons with disabilities.
   

• People First of Canada – To promote equality for all persons. To assist other people trying to speak up for themselves and making their own decisions. To teach the members about the rights, abilities, and strengths of People First of Ontario.

 

• Social Role Valorization - raise consciousness about personal and societal values in relation to people who are devalued and offers a framework for the development of strategies to address social devaluation.

  • Southern Ontario Training Group - Offers training on Social Role Valorization

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• TASH – an international association of people with disabilities, their family members, other advocates, and professionals fighting for a society in which inclusion of all people in all aspects of society is the norm.
   

• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
   

• Reaction4Inclusion - A youth lead initiative that seeks to empower youth to individually and collectively take action to make our schools and communities more inclusive 
   

• Ontario Independent Facilitation Network – A a growing Community of Practice made up of independent facilitators, people with developmental disabilities, family members and others from across the province. OIFN is dedicated to the development and preservation of independent facilitation, which assists people to live every day, ordinary lives as full citizens

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ONTARIO PROVINCIAL MINISTRIES

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• Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) – funded by the Ontario Provincial Government
   

• Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – Government health and long-term care programs, benefits and services; including information on funding for assistive devices

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FUNDING

 

• Special Services at Home – The Special Services at Home (SSAH) Program helps family’s caring for individuals with a disability.  If approved, families are provided with funding to purchase supports and services which they could not normally provide themselves and are not available elsewhere in the community.
   

• Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities – The Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities Program helps parents with some of the extra costs of caring for a child who has a severe disability.
   

• Ontario Disability Support Program – Financial assistance program for persons with a disability providing assistance with essential living expenses, prescription drugs and vision care and help finding and keeping a job.
   

• Jennifer Ashleigh Foundation – Children’s charity providing financial assistance and funding for special treatments and medical expenses for those in need.
   

• Canadian Tire Jump Start – Assists children in financial need to participate in an organized recreational sport.
   

• Access 2 Entertainment – provides free admission (or a significant discount) for support persons accompanying a person with a disability at member movie theatres across Canada. The person with the disability pays regular admission. This program was developed by an advisory group of nine national disability organizations, in conjunction with Cineplex Entertainment.
   

• Passport Funding – Passport to Community Living is a Provincial Government initiative that provides opportunities for individuals who have a developmental disability and have left school to find more ways to participate in their communities. Passport participants receive funding for activities that encourage their personal development and help them achieve their potential.
   

• Assistive Devices Program – The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care runs the Assistive Devices Program (ADP) to help people who have long-term physical disabilities get needed equipment and supplies.
   

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HOUSING

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• Centre for Independent Living  – An independent living resource agency to assist persons living with a disability. 
   

• Housing Connections – Housing Connections is a subsidiary of Toronto Community Housing Corporation with its own Board of Directors. We provide a one-stop housing solution for people looking for affordable housing in Toronto.
   

• Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto – Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto (CHFT) is a member-supported organization representing more than 45,000 people living in more than 160 non-profit housing co-operatives located in Toronto and York Region.
   

• NABORS - NABORS is an organization of people who want the world to be a place where all people, including people with disabilities, can live in inclusive community. We are dedicated to supporting people with physical and developmental disabilities to have rich and full lives in community and have control over their lives

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LEGAL
 

• ARCH – Disability Law Centre  – A legal centre for persons with disabilities
   

• Ontario Human Rights Commission – The OHRC is the administering body for the Ontario Human Rights Code.
   

• Legal Aid Ontario – Legal Aid Ontario gives low-income people access to a range of legal services tailored to meet their legal need.
   

• Pooran Law - Pooran Law is led by a group of like-minded lawyers who have devoted the majority of their personal and professional lives to promoting inclusion, enhancing the lives of people with disabilities and working to improve the greater social good. 

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Volunteer

 

• Volunteer Toronto – Promoting volunteerism and connecting people to volunteer opportunities.

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