Resources

Website Links

If you know of websites that you think would be useful to post here, please send them to Laney Bryenton at BCACL.

Advocacy

Advocate for Service Quality (BC)
Arc (US advocacy organization for developmental disabilities)
Axis Disability Rights
BC Coalition for People with Disabilities
BC Human Rights Coalition
Canadian Association for Community Living
Coalition Against No Fault Insurance
Mental Health Action Research and Advocacy Association of Greater Vancouver (ARA)

Povnet (resources on poverty issues)
Self Help Resource Association

Arts & Culture

Community Living Wallaceburg (community living products)
Disability Film Festival
Disability Resource Network (features a section about From the Inside/OUT!)
Society for Disability Arts and Culture & KickstART Festival
The Ties that Bind (NFB Internet documentary and community engagement project)

Children’s Advocacy

Child and Youth Officer for BC
Child Care Advocacy Forum
First Call - BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
Society for Children and Youth
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Disabilities - Specific

Autism Community Training Society (ACT)
Arc (US advocacy organization for developmental disabilities)
The Asante Centre - a BC-based site providing info about FASD
Canadian Association for Community Living

Canadian Down Syndrome Society
The Cerebral Palsy Association of BC
Community Living Leaders – news on community living issues from Ontario and across the country
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Information Service
Tuberous Sclerosis Canada
TASH (US national organization for developmental disabilities)

Disabilities - General

Axis Disability Rights
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
Community Living Research Project - University of British Columbia
Council of Canadians with Disabilities
Disabled Peoples’ International
Diverse City Press
Diversity World
Enablelink

People in Motion
Persons with Disabilities Online
(Government of Canada information on disability-related programs and services, includes Benefits Finder and Guide to services for people with disabilities. This guide is available in online, in large print, Braille, audio cassette, or computer diskette format - call 1.800.622.6232 to order a copy.)
Inclusion Network
New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service
The Roeher Institute

Education

Advancing Post Secondary Educational Opportunities for People with Developmental Disabilities
BC Ministry of Education
BC Teachers Federation
BCTF Inclusive Education Resources
Beyond the Box Basics

Canadian Association for Community Livnig (CACL) Inclusive Education site
Education Watch (Canadian Association for Community Living)
Inclusive Education
(US resources)
Inclusive Schools Network (Inclusive schools celebration ideas)
Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation Scholarship
STEPS Forward Inclusive Post Secondary Education Society
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Vancouver School Board
Zeal.com Canada - Inclusive Education

Employment

BC Cooperative Association
BC Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance
BC Ministry of Skills Development and Labour

Canadian Association for Supported Employment
IAM CARES Society (Employment assistance and placement services)

Family Support & Advocacy

Autism Community Training Society (ACT)
The Asante Centre - a BC-based site providing info about FASD
BC FamilyNet
BC Ministry of Children and Family Development
Canadian Down Syndrome Society
The Canadian Ehlers Danlos Association
Family Caregivers Network Society – BC caregivers’ network
Family Support Institute
The Giving in Action Society - provides grants to families living in the province of British Columbia through two funds - the Family Independence Fund and the Children and Youth with Special Needs Fund.
Here to Help – Resources on mental health and addiction issues, created by BC Partners for Mental Health and Addiction Information. Includes online interactive toolkits.
Office for Children and Youth
The F.O.R.C.E.
(Families Organized for Recognition and Care Equality) – Provides information for families on mental health issues for children and youth. Includes a section for parents called "Dealing with a Crisis." Society of Special Needs Adoptive Parents
Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children Resource Centre
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Financial Planning

Canada Revenue Agency – Tax and Disabilities issues

Health

Canadian Health Network
New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service
Project Med, Ohio State University (info about medications)
Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia
Representation Agreement Resource Centre

Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children Resource Centre
Wellness and Disability Initiative

Housing

Community Residential Service Providers Association of British Columbia
Cooperative Housing Federation of BC

No Place Like Home - Paper on housing from CACL
Guide to Housing and Mortgages for people with disabilities

Income Support

Advocacy Access (Individual advocates)
BC Coalition for People with Disabilities
BC Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance
Canadian Council on Social Development
Legal Services Society of BC (legal aid & information)
Poverty and Human Rights Centre (online library)
Povnet (resources on poverty issues)
Social Planning and Research Council of BC
The Tyee – news and views on BC, including poverty issues
Volunteer & Nonprofit Resources - BC Institute of Technology – Non-profit Management Training

Individualized Funding

Community Living Coalition
Community Living Restructuring Fund
Individualized Funding Family Coalition

Individualized Funding Project
Interim Authority for Community Living British Columbia

Institutions

Advocate for Service Quality
CACL Deinstitutionalization Initiative

Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee Woodlands Project
Remembering with Dignity Project

International

Disabled Peoples' International
Inclusion International
United Nations – Persons with Disabilities Resources

Justice System

Access to Justice Network
Centre for Restorative Justice - Simon Fraser University

Access Justice for All
Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission
Justice for All Website
Legal Services Society
BC Ministry of Attorney General
BC Ministry of Children and Family Development
BC Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General

Libraries/Publishers

Diverse City Press
The First Self-Advocacy Dictionary of the English Language
Inclusion Press
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Library of Nonprofit Resources
Library of Materials on Social Rights and Poverty

Mental Health

Here to Help – A website providing resources on mental health and addiction issues, created by BC Partners for Mental Health and Addiction Information. Includes online interactive toolkits.
The F.O.R.C.E. (Families Organized for Recognition and Care Equality) – Provides information for families on mental health issues for children and youth. Includes a section for parents called "Dealing with a Crisis." FORCE is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to ensure mental health care and services are provided to children and youth.

Multicultural

New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service
SUCCESS (United Chinese Community Enrichment Services society)

Self Advocacy

BC People First
BC Self Advocacy Foundation
Canadian Association for Community Living – People First page
First Self-Advocacy Dictionary of the English Language
People First of Canada
People First (international links)
Prince Rupert Self Advocacy Group
SelfAdvocateNet.com (BC)

Self Advocacy Resource Network (ACT – Advocating Change Together), US
Sexuality & Disability Webliography

Sports/Recreation

Developmentally Challenged Youth Basketball Association
Special Olympics

Training / Professional Development

Axis Disability Rights
College of New Caledonia, Prince George, BC - Developmental Disabilities Certificate (support worker program)
Douglas College, New Westminster, BC - Classroom and Community Support Program
Kwantlen University College, Langley, BC - Community Support Worker Program
Professional Resource Program

Volunteer & Nonprofit Resources

BC Cooperative Association
Canada Survey of Giving
Community Residential Service Providers Association of British Columbia
Library of Nonprofit Resources
United Community Services Coop

United Way of the Lower Mainland
Victoria Foundation

Youth

BC Youth Parliament
Child and Youth Officer for BC
First Call - BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
KINEX - The Youth Initiative of the Self Help Resource Association of BC
Society for Children and Youth (advocacy organization)