Resources for Families
National and provincial information sources in Canada
for families of people with developmental disabilities
Canadian Association for Community Living
www.cacl.ca
Alberta Association for Community Living
www.aacl.org
L’Association du Quebec pour l’integration sociale (AQUIS)
www.aqis-iqdi.qc.ca
Autism Society Canada
www.autismsocietycanada.ca
British Columbia Association for Community Living
www.bcacl.org
Community Living Manitoba
www.aclmb.ca
Community Living Ontario
www.communitylivingontario.ca
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
www.f2fontario.ca
New Brunswick Association for Community Living
www.nbacl.nb.ca
Newfoundland and Labrador Association for Community Living
www.nlacl.ca
Nova Scotia Association for Community Living
nsacl.wordpress.com
Prince Edward Island Association for Community Living
www.peiacl.ca
Saskatchewan Association for Community Living
www.sacl.org
Yellowknife Association for Community Living
www.ykacl.ca (Click on Resources for a list of services for the
Northwest Territories, and a list of National Resources.)
Conference Assistance to Families
www.naddontario.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Conference-Assistance-to-Families-1_feb5_2013.pdf
Durham Region Dual Diagnosis Resource Guide
www.naddontario.net/pdf/DurhamRegionDualDiagnosisResourceGuide2010.pdf
Resource Handbook for Supports and Services for Persons with a Dual Diagnosis (compiled by Concerned Parents Toronto)
www.naddontario.net/pdf/CPT_handbook.pdf
Asperger’s Society of Ontario
www.aspergers.ca
Exceptional Parent Magazine
www.eparent.com
Family Alliance Ontario
family-alliance.com
Family Association for Mental Health Everywhere
fameforfamilies.com
Mary Centre
www.marycentre.com/home.asp
Dual Diagnosis Web Site of Peel and Halton Regions
www.cdrcp.com/dd/welcome-to-the-dual-diagnosis-web-site-of-peel-and-halton-regions
Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (Plan)
plan.ca
Respite Services
www.respiteservices.com/Ontario/index_e.aspx?CategoryID=598
Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, Learning Disabilities section (London UK)
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation/mentalhealthproblems/learningdisabilities.aspx
A Guide to Transition Planning for Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities
www.surreyplace.on.ca/docman-menu-item-required/public-files/resource-and-publication/transition-planning/40-transition-planning
Some sources in the United States for families of children with
developmental disabilities (Note: Each of the sites below offers
expanded links to other organizations.)
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
www.aacpdm.org
American Academy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
www.aacap.org
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities (AAIDD)
www.aaidd.org
The Arc, a national community-based organization advocating for
and serving people with intellectual disabilities and their families.
The Arc has 140,000 members and 700 state and local chapters.
www.thearc.org
Autism Society
www.autism-society.org
Disabilities Rights Advocacy Group
www.draginc.com
National Association on Developmental Disabilities (NADD)
www.thenadd.org
National Association of Parents with Children in Special Education
www.napcse.org
National Disability Network
www.napas.org
Sources for books about personal disability experiences
New Horizons Un-Limited Inc.
www.new-horizons.org
Amazon
Google Amazon books on children with disabilities
Books on Parenting Children with Special Needs or Disabilities
www.childrendisabilities.info/parenting/spec-books.html
Wolf Wolfensberger, PhD, The Principle of Normalization in
Human Services
www.wolfwolfensberger.com