Organizations connected to community living and/or
disability related issues are listed in alpha order.

The Abilitas Foundation aims to provide accessible respite accommodation and accessible outdoor recreation opportunities (including ranch tourism) to people with disabilities living in BC. The Abilitas Foundation is currently coordinating the development and construction of a fully accessible lodge at the Cold Water Ranch (20 min. west of Merritt, BC).

B.C. Association for Community Living (BCACL)

BCACL is a province-wide, non-profit federation working to ensure children and adults with developmental disabilities are able to live quality lives in their communities.

B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities

This coalition is a provincial, cross-disability advocacy organization.

Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL)

The Canadian Association for Community Living is Canada's national association dedicated to promoting the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in all aspects community life.

Canadian National Institute for the Blind

The Canadian National Institute for the Blind is a national voluntary agency providing services to individuals across Canada to whom loss of vision is a central problem in personal and social adjustments.

Community Integration Services Society

The Community Services Society is committed to enabling Individuals with disabilities to become active members of their own communities.

Community Living British Columbia (CLBC)

Community Living BC delivers support and services to people with developmental disabilities, children with special needs and their families in British Columbia. It has a board of self-advocates, family and community members, as well as staff located throughout the province.

Jo Dickey Foundation

The Jo Dickey Foundation was established to help mentally and physically challenged members of the community residing in group homes in improving their quality of life. This improvement can be achieved through the universal empowerment of this group, within their greater communities, as individuals. This is the concept underlying what has come to be known by the term "community living"; a concept conceived through the pioneering vision of Jo Dickey in the 1970's.

Long-Term Care Services

This Ontario based site was created to provide a comprehensive Canadian directory for Retirement Homes, Nursing Homes, Charitable Homes, and Municipal Homes. The goal is to enable families to easily research the best facility for Long-Term Care Services.

Ministry of Human Resources: Fact Sheets - Persons with Disabilities

This site contains information about: persons with disabilities, disability assistance rates, earnings exemption for persons with disabilities, employment program for persons with disabilities Minister's Council on employment for persons with disabililities, and vehicle and earnings exemptions for caregivers of children with disabilities.

Public Guardian & Trustee of B.C.

The Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia operates under provincial law to protect the legal rights and financial interests of children, to provide assistance to adults who need support for financial and personal decision making, and to administer the estates of deceased and missing persons where there is no one else able to do so.

The Simon Fraser Region Crisis Advisory Group

This group brings together stakeholders in the Simon Fraser Region which includes Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows and Mpale Ridge. The purpose of the group is to identify and plan for crisis at individual, organizaitonal, and systemic levels for adults with intellectual disabilities.

SOBC North Shore

SOBC provides indivdiuals who have an intellectual disabilty the opportujity to enhance their lives and celebrate personal achievement through positive sport experiences.

TASH

Described by many as pioneers of social change for persons with disabilities who have been underserved and undervalued in our society.

Untape

Untape is a site where people come to share practical tips for cutting through red tape and getting the help they need form government and community agencies. Untape is a joint venture between the Burnaby Association for Community Living and Social Signal.