Links

Family Networks

• Chatham-Kent Family Support Network
• Hamilton Family Network
• Windsor-Essex Family Network
• Institute for Family Advocacy and Leadership Development (Australia)
• Parents Helping Parents (USA)
• The National Parent Network on Disabilities (USA)

Projects

• FAO Community Faculty Project: Working Together for Change.

Inclusion

• Ontario Coalition for Inclusive Education.
• For books and workshops, see Inclusion Press.
• Community Involvement Council
• Also see the Inclusion Press resource links.

Individualized Funding, Self-Determination

• Special Services at Home Provincial Coalition
• Individualized Funding Coalition for Ontario
• Individualized Funding Home Page, British Columbia
• Community Living Society, British Columbia
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative in Self-Determination, U.S.A.

Information resources

• Door2Adulthood-- Disability Ontario Online Resource for Transition to Adulthood
• ARCH , Ontario legal clinic for disability issues
• The Disability Information Network
• Charity Village

Person-Centered approaches

• Gentle Teaching
• P.L.A.N. for safe and secure futures.

Research

• Roeher Institute
• ARCH , legal research (Ontario)
• Caledon Institute of Social Policy
• Quality of Life Research, University of Toronto

Research: Center on Human Policy, Syracuse University

• Publications and Resources
• Position Statements
• Other disability resources
• Fact Sheet: Summary of Self-Determination
• Publications by John O'Brien and Connie Lyle O'Brien.
• Community Supports/Inclusion
• Community Integration Policy and Practice Abstracts.
• Alternative Day Activities
• Against Pain As A Tool In Professional Work On People With Severe Disabilities by John O'Brien, 1988, Part 1, Part 2
• Responsive Systems Associates John O'Brien and Connie Lyle O'Brien

Organizing

• The Citizen's Handbook
• MADNATION

Provincial associations

• Ontario Association for Community Living
• OASIS, Ontario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special Needs
• Ontario Prader-Willi Syndrome Association
• Parents of Deaf Plus Ontarians
• Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association
• ARCH , Ontario legal clinic for disability issues
• Community Living Society, Vancouver

National organizations

• Canadian Association for Community Living
• Council of Canadians with Disabilities

Ontario Legislation

• Ontarians With Disabilities Act Committee

American legislation

• Americans with Disabilities Act, Document Centre

International

• TASH is an international association of people with disabilities

Ontario Government

• For more, go to our long list of government links
• Ontario government
• Ontario government telephone directory
• Ministry of Community and Social Services Directory
• Ontario Legislative Assembly
• Guide to Ontario Courts

Government of Canada

• Revenue Canada, income tax information for people with disabilities

Canadian newspapers

• Toronto Star and Toronto Star back issues
• National Post
• Toronto Sun
• Globe and Mail