Links
Accessible Wilderness Society will tell you where all the full service gas stations are, or where trails are on Vancouver Island, complete with printable maps.
Adults With Vulnerability Home Page addresses issues of abuse and neglect.
Advocacy Resource for the Handicapped is a resource center for legal counsel for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Alphabetical list of specific diseases/disorders is almost as good as NORD and it's FREE.
Autism Society of British Columbia is a parent base directed society providing support to people with autism and their families in British Columbia and Yukon.
British Columbia Association for Community Living is our parent organization and an excellent overall resource.
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities is a provincial advocacy organization offering a wide range of support and information.
Canadian Association for Community Living our national organization and an excellent overall resource.
Community Living Institute was created to be a resource for all who work in Community Living. It is neither a worker's organization nor a management fraternity. It is for each of us who wishes to keep the fire in our bellies and the heart in our work.
Community Living Society provides both residential and vocational (day program) services to a wide variety of people with disabilities in the Vancouver Lower Mainland of British Columbia.
Community Services Labour Relations Act is an electronic version of Bill 61.
Developmental Disabilities Resource Center is an American organization but is an excellent general resource with many links to other resources.
Disability Graphics has collected a wide variety of graphics that depict people with disabilities and objects of particular interest to the community of people with disabilities. They have also requested that anyone who has created or collected "public domain" graphics to contact them to add these to their website.
Down Syndrome Home Page offers a wide variety of articles and information.
Eco Terra Developers takes unwanted vehicle/scrap metal and donates a portion of all proceeds to PRACL.
Epilepsy Foundation of America is a huge resource on epilepsy.
Health Answer Homepage is another great resource.
Healthopedia is also a great resource.
National Organization for Rare Disorders(NORD) is an excellent resource on disorders and conditions that are rare or relatively unkown. This is a pay service but if you can't find it anywhere else... NORD will have it.
PLAN is the Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network. PLAN is a non-profit organization established to safeguard the future of people with a disability.
SNOW - Special Needs Opportunity Windows offers web resources and other info pertainning to individuals with disabilities. Check out their Snow Kids Empowerment Zone.
Sotos Syndrome Support Network is an excellent resource for Parents and Professionals supporting an individual with this rare disorder.
Tardive Dyskinesia is a condition that may develop in patients who use metoclopramide (sold today under the brand name Reglan, among others); this site offers information, including treatment and legal options.
UNTAPE is a comprehensive site for people with disabilities and families to share tips that cut through red tape.
The Community Support Worker program and Malaspina College has catalogued a large number of links and has allowed us to post them below.
Disability Organizations and Links to Disability Organizations
The Powell River Association for Community Living Information, links
Powell River School District #47 Homepage Information, links
BC Association for Community Living Information, research, provincial updates, links
BC Coalition for Persons With Disabilities Information, research, provincial updates, links
Canadian Association for Community Living Information, research, national updates, links
BC Self-Advocates Homepage Self-Advocates working with the BC Assoc. for Community Living
Self-AdvocateNet Website created by and for self-advocates--Information, updates, links
EnableLink Law and Social Policy Information, Disability organization
Ministry for Children and Family Development - Government of BC
Ministry of Human Resources - Government of BC
Ministry of Education - Government of BC
Saskatchewan Association for Community Living Information, resources, links
Down Syndrome Association Homepage Information, resources, links
The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps Information, resources, links
Alberta Association for Community Living Information, resources, links
Vancouver Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre Information, resources, links
On-Line Magazines
Canadian Disability News On-line news magazine
Exceptional Parent Magazine On-line magazine, children with special needs
Reach-Out Magazine On-line disability magazine
Today's Caregiver Magazine Issues, information, resources, links
Ability Magazine Issues, information, resources, links
Links to Other Sites and Resources
Disability Action Hall Website Links to disability websites
Disability Resources Page General information and links to other sites
Special Education
SNOW Web Resources (Special Needs Opportunity Window) Information, resources, links
Inclusive Solutions Homepage Inclusive classroom information
Council for Exceptional Children Resources, information, links
SET – BC Special Education Technology agency in BC
CSW / SEA / Caregiver Resources
Multi-Lateral Task Force on Training, Career-Pathing and Labour Mobility Provincial CSW and Child Care Occupational Competencies, and others
David Pitonyak - 'Imagine' Information, resources, publications, support to people with developmental and other disabilities
Diversity World Supported Employment / Reducing Workplace Barriers
Handspeak Website American Sign Language (ASL) site--Hundreds of signs, shown visually
HotBraille Website Send a email to this site, it will be translated into Braille
Research
Roeher Institute Research branch of the Canadian Assoc. for Community Living-- Publications, book and video reviews, information, links
National Centre on Outcomes Research (USA) Research on service outcomes - people with developmental disabilities
Publishing Companies / Books, AV, Information
Inclusion Press Book and video reviews, information, links
Diverse City Press Books and video reviews, information, links
Professional Development Associates Books, videos, information, links
Open University Press Special education and inclusive classrooms information and links
Peytral Publishing Special education and inclusive classrooms information and links
Parents Booklist Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder resources
Disability Culture
Disability Cool Website Celebrating disability and disability culture
Diversity in the Workplace Information, research, links
The Nth Degree Celebrating disability culture--Information, links, T-shirts for sale
The Nth Degree More Links
Discover Technology Homepage Assistive Technology