 On-line Resources
Disability
Links
The following web sites offer disability-related information and/or
services. Each site will open in a new window.
Use the alphabetical links
below to jump to an organization if you know it by name:
- Ability Career and Employment Services
- www.ability.ab.ca
Assists individuals to get and keep employment through career
and employment support programs
- Ability Society
- www.abilitysociety.org
Provides information and access to assistive devices and technology
for persons with disabilities
- Accessible Housing Society
- www.ahscalgary.ca
Creates opportunities for safe, affordable, barrier-free housing
in Calgary
- Acoustic Neuroma Association
- www.anac.ca
Provides support for patients, families and health professionals
dealing with AN
- Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability
- www.ala.ca
A partnership of individuals, agencies and national associations
whose common goal is to improve the physical activity lifestyles
of persons with a disability
- Alberta Amputee Sport and Recreation Association
- www.aasra.ab.ca
Provides an environment to develop the social, mental and physical
skills of members through sport and recreation
- Alberta Association for Community Living
- www.aacl.org
Supports children and adults with developmental disabilities
and their families
- Alberta Council of Disability Services
- www.acds.ca
Leads, supports, and influences community rehabilitation through
education, partnerships, and accreditation
- Alberta Brain Injury Help Line
- www.nabis.ab.ca
A database consisting of over 1000 resources from across Canada
and Alberta, with links to other web sites
- Alberta Burn Rehabilitation Society
- www.abrs.ca
Addresses the needs of burn survivors for advocacy, education
and peer support, as well as education in the province of Alberta
- Alberta Community Council on HIV (ACCH)
- www.acch.ca
Promotes collaborative efforts among ASOs involved in the provision
of quality services for persons infected with, affected by, or
at risk from HIV
- Alberta Disabilities Forum
- www.adforum.ca
A group of over 30 non-profit, provincial organizations who
have come together to share information and ideas and to speak
in a unified voice on issues of interest to Albertans with disabilities
- Alberta Government, Health and Wellness home page
- www.health.gov.ab.ca
Provides information on the nine regional health authorities
and on public health issues
- Alberta Learning Information Service
- www.alis.gov.ab.ca
Provides information on career, learning, and employment opportunities
in Alberta
- Alberta Sports and Recreation Association for the Blind
- www.asrab.ab.ca
Provides recreation and sports opportunity for Albertans who
are blind and partially sighted
- ALS Society of Alberta
- www.alsab.ca
Works to make every day the best possible day for people with
ALS by providing support, care and awareness, and helping to find
a cure
- L'Arche Association of Lethbridge
- www.larchelethbridge.org
Comes together to build a community where their lives are signs
of hope and love. At the heart are persons with a mental disability
and those who choose to build community together
- Audio Newspaper Service: "Voice Print"
- www.voiceprintcanada.com
Canada's broadcast reading service
- Between Friends Club for Youth with Disabilities
- www.betweenfriends.ab.ca
Provides quality social and recreational opportunities in an
accepting environment, focusing on children and young adults with
disabilities
- Blue Heron Support Services Association, Barrhead
- www.bhssa.com
Supports people with disabilities in developing in all areas
of life as members of the community
- Brain Injury Association of Alberta (BIAA)
- www.biaa.ca
A provincial advocacy group dedicated to improving the quality
of life for individuals with the effects of acquired brain injury
- CADS (Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing) Alberta
- www.cadsalberta.ca
CADS gives persons with various disabilities a chance to get outside and enjoy the great sport of skiing in Alberta. They can accommodate many degrees of disability and use specialized ski equipment.
- Calgary Homeless Foundation
- www.calgaryhomeless.com
An extensive listing of housing options for persons with disabilities
in Calgary
- Calgary Progressive Lifestyles Foundation
- www.cplf.ca
CPLF provides individualized support to adults with disabilities
using a client-centered approach
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability Benefits
- www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/sc/cpp/disability/disabilitypension.shtml
Contains policies, procedures, and guidelines for recipients
or potential recipients of CPP Disability Benefits
- Canadian Association for Independent Living Centres
- www.cailc.ca
Aims to pro-actively enable persons with disabilities to access
the resources that permit their full integration into and participation
in Canadian society
- Canadian Association of Community Living
- www.cacl.ca
Advocates for more meaningful lives for people with intellectual
disabilities in Canada
- Canadian Association of the Deaf (CAD)
- www.cad.ca
The national consumer organization of the Deaf in Canada
- Canadian Down Syndrome Society (CDSS) National Office
- www.cdss.ca
Enhances the quality of life for individuals with Down Syndrome
through information and education, research and advocacy
- Canadian Hard of Hearing (CHHA)
- www.chha.ca
Advocates for those who need support, educates and provides
assistance to continually improve the knowledge and skills of
professionals
- Canadian Mental Health Association-Alberta
- www.cmha.ab.ca
Enables individuals, groups and communities to increase control
over and enchance their mental health
- Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)
- www.cmha.ca
or www.cmha.ab.ca
Combats mental health problems and emotional disorders through
research and information services, workshops, seminars, and print
resources
- Canadian National Institute for the Blind
- www.cnib.ca
Includes information on the CNIB's numerous employment services
and ways of promoting access technologies in Canadian society
- Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD)
- www.cord.ca
Provides support, information and education to enhance the
lives of all persons affected by rare disorders
- Canadian Paraplegic Association, Alberta
- www.canparaplegic.org/ab
Provides counseling, family support advocacy, assessment and
information services
- Central Alberta Residence Society
- www.carsrd.org
Provides daily living supports and services to individuals
with disabilities
- Cerebral Palsy Alberta
- www.cpalberta.com
A site with information on programs, services and events of
the Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta (CPAA)
- Children’s Ability Fund of Northern Alberta
- www.childrensabilityfund.ab.ca
Provides some funding to purchase specialized equipment for people with disabilities in Northern Alberta
- Chrysalis
- www.chrysalis.ab.ca
Provides a variety of services, including vocational opportunities,
alternatives to employment, and employment services, to individuals
with disabilities in Edmonton and Calgary
- Council of Canadians with Disabilities
- www.ccdonline.ca
Advocates at the national level to improve the status of Canadians
with disabilities by eliminating inequality and discrimination
- Developmental Disabilities Resource Center
- www.ddrcc.com
Works to ensure and increase the community's capacity to include
people with developmental disabilities
- DisAbled Women's Network (DAWN)
- www.dawncanada.net
A feminist organization of women with disabilities working
to achieve control over their lives and end the stereotypes that
labels women with disabilities as dependent burdens on society
- Easter Seal Ability Council
- www.easterseals.org
Aims to help persons with physical disabilities and their families
improve the quality of their lives, to advocate on their behalf,
and to help society recognize and benefit from their abilities
- EmployAbilities
- www.employabilities.ab.ca
Assists adults with physical disabilities to access the work
force
- Excel Resources Society
- www.excelsociety.org
Assists people in overcoming barriers to employment and independent
living
- Family Friendly Fun
- www.family-friendly-fun.com
Offers family fun ideas and family health resources to enhance
the quality and enjoyment of family life for families with disabilities
around the world
- Gateway Association for Community Living
- www.gatewayacl.org/
Provides support and advocacy to individuals who have intellectual
disabilities and their families
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta
- www.hsf.ab.ca
Research in heart and stroke, providing public information,
advocacy and promoting healthier lifestyles
- Horizon Housing
- www.horizonhousing.ab.ca
Aims to provide appropriate housing for persons with mental
illness and other special needs
- Huntington Society of Canada
- www.hsc-ca.org
Provides family support, public awareness and research
- Innovative Housing Society
- www.innovativehousing.ca
The sosiety exists to promote the highest level of independent lifestyle for all Albertans.
- Internet Business Development for Entrepreneurs (IBDE)
- www.ibde.ca
A program that provides hands on training and experience in
Internet Business Development for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
- Lakeland Centre for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
- www.lcfasd.com
Provides diagnosis, assessments and information to increase
awareness of and prevent FASD in children and adults
- National ME/FM Action Network
- www.mefmaction.net
Canadian, registered, non-profit organization dedicated to
advancing the recognition and understanding of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia Syndrome
(FMS) through education, advocacy, support, and research
- Multiple Sclerosis Society
- www.mssociety.ca
Is a leader in finding a cure for multiple sclerosis and in
enabling people affected by MS to enhance their quality of life
- Muscular Dystrophy Canada
- www.muscle.ca
Promotes the independence of Canadians living with muscular dystrophy through services such as mobility equipment, education, advocacy, support and information. They are dedicated to funding research to find a cure in this lifetime for all neuromuscular disorders.
- National Education Society of Disabled Students (NEADS)
- www.neads.ca
Advocates for increased accessibility at all levels so that
students with disabilities may gain equal access to post-secondary
learning
- Persons with Developmental Disabilities
- www.seniors.alberta.ca/pdd/
Organization whose mission is to create an Alberta where adults
with developmental disabilities are included in community life
- Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
- www.seniors.gov.ab.ca/PremiersCouncil/
Facilitates the development of Alberta's Disability Strategy
in an effort to unite and coordinate the efforts of the Alberta's
governments, the disability community, and corporate partners
- Share the Prosperity
- www.sharetheprosperity.info
Wouldn't it be fun to track just how much we gave back, and
where it all went to? That's where this website comes in. Four
or five clicks and the world knows just how generous a people
we Albertans are
- The Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Centre (Northern Alberta)
Society(SCITCS)
- www.scitcs.org
Promotes awareness and creates opportunities for people affected
by spinal cord injuries to enhance their quality of life
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Alberta's Grassroots, Cross-Disability Organization
