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