"Ensuring Community Living for Everyone”, is the report and recommendations from A Provincial Forum on Supporting Adults with Complex Health Care Needs, which BCACL co-hosted in February 2008. The forum was envisioned as an opportunity for advocates and representatives from specializedRead more...
The BC Association for Community Living (BCACL) wanted to know how some of the key areas in the transformation of Community Living British Columbia (CLBC) are affecting self advocates, children and youth with special needs and their families.
We conducted this survey, for seven days, between April 7Read more...
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The Home Living model of care is a residential service delivered via contract with Community Living BC (CLBC), and is defined as “Supports to Home Living or Live-In Support: Residential care for adults with developmental disabilities who require enhanced supports in a primary caregiver’sRead more...
John Lord gave the closing comments at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Canadian Association for Community Living in Ottawa in November 2008. This is a summary of his reflections.
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An investigative report regarding the Ashley Treatment prepared by the Washington Protection and Advocacy System (WPAS), a member of the National Disability Rights Network. WPAS is a private non-profit advocacy agency that is federally mandated to provide protection and advocacy services toRead more...
A call to action on ratification and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Provides straight-forward, easy to read background information about the CRPD.
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The Canadian Association for Community Living released their stark 2009 report card on the Inclusion of Canadians with Intellectual Disabilities. According to the report, the overwhelming majority of Canadians with developmental disabilities experience poverty, unemployment and exclusion.
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