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![]() | AboutFace | North York West | Provides emotional, peer and social support, resources, educational programs and public awareness for and on behalf of individuals with facial differences and their families |
Asperger's Society of Ontario |
Asperger's Society of Ontario | Toronto Downtown North | Provides support for people with Asperger's Syndrome and their families * public education/awareness around Asperger's Syndrome Asperger Syndrome Info Line: Program specialist provides information and ... [More] | |
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![]() | Autism Ontario | Toronto Downtown West | Provides advocacy and support, public education/awareness and research around autism spectrum disorders (ASD) * support groups may be available at the local level |
Autism Ontario, Halton Chapter - Mailing Address |
Autism Ontario, Halton Chapter - Mailing Address | Burlington | Works to ensure that each individual with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is provided with the means to achieve quality of life as a respected member of society. Chapter activities include: * increasin ... [More] | |
Autism Ontario, North Halton Chapter - No Physical Address |
Autism Ontario, North Halton Chapter - No Physical Address | Halton North | Promotes acceptance and opportunities for all individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. * offers opportunities for parents and professionals involved with autism to share with and educate each other ... [More] | |
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![]() | Bob Rumball Associations for the Deaf, Milton | Milton | Offers a variety of care and support services to deaf children and adults with a variety of needs including: * troubled youth * intellectual disability and deaf plus individuals * youth and adults wit ... [More] |
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![]() | Bob Rumball Associations for the Deaf, Milton, Milton Day Centre | Milton | Serves the area from Burlington to Guelph, and from Cambridge-Kitchener-Waterloo to Orangeville and focuses on Deaf plus individuals, principally those graduating from the Drury School, so they can co ... [More] |
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![]() | Brain Injury Association of Peel and Halton | Mississauga (City of) | Advocates for the needs of, and provides information to survivors of brain injuries, their families and support network * facilitates measures to promote the prevention of brain injury, improves quali ... [More] |
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![]() | Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities | British Columbia | A federally incorporated non-profit dedicated to the inclusion, job retention, and advancement of current and future professionals with disabilities. |
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![]() | Canadian Deafblind Association Ontario Chapter, Paris - Main St | Paris | CDBA Ontario Chapter offers: * Intervenor Services - provided to both children and adults by our staff of trained professionals (Intervenors). Intervenors provide communication and information in the ... [More] |
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![]() | Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, Ottawa | Ottawa | Consumer-based organization originated by and for Canadians who are hard of hearing * promotes the development of social, educational and employment environments * lobbies for accessibility by advisin ... [More] |
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![]() | Canadian Hearing Society, Toronto Regional Office | Toronto Downtown North | Multiservice agency for adults who are deaf, deafened, or hard of hearing * audiology and speech-language pathology * communication devices * hearing aid services * hearing tests * support for coping ... [More] |
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![]() | Canadian Hearing Society, Mississauga Regional Office | Mississauga (City of) | Multiservice agency for adults who are deaf, deafened, or hard of hearing * audiology and speech-language pathology * communication devices * hearing aid services * hearing tests * support for coping ... [More] |
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![]() | Coalition for Persons With Disabilities Peel Halton Dufferin, Mississauga - Head Office | Mississauga (City of) | Community based partnership of persons with disabilities and anyone interested in working collaboratively to affect positive changes for persons with disabilities Offers the following programs in vari ... [More] |
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![]() | Diabetes Canada, National office | Toronto Downtown Central | Information and literature on nutrition diabetes management and health care * support groups, education, advocacy * pamphlets in Arabic, some Aboriginal languages, Chinese, French, Hindi, Italian, Por ... [More] |
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![]() | Easter Seals Canada | Toronto Downtown North | Programs, services, support and assistance for Canadians living with a disability * most services and programs administered by provincial Easter Seals * includes: * assistive and adaptive technology - ... [More] |
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![]() | Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario | Etobicoke | Provides resources, services, information and advocacy for people with learning disabilities and/or ADHD, parents, teachers and other professionals * encourages research |
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![]() | March of Dimes Canada, Head Office | East York | Community-based rehabilitation and advocacy * affordable supportive housing for people with physical disabilities Attendant Care Services -- non-medical assistance with activities of daily living in t ... [More] |
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![]() | Ontario Association of the Deaf | North York | Advocates for Deaf people in Ontario * provides consultation and training on Deaf community issues * outreach programs |
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![]() | Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy, Toronto and GTA | North York West | Planning Services , 416-244-9686 ext 236, cindy@ofcp.ca -- support and assistance with system navigation, advocacy, estate planning for adults 18 years and older with cerebral palsy * information and ... [More] |
Promoting Awareness of RSD/CRPS in Canada (PARC) |
Promoting Awareness of RSD/CRPS in Canada (PARC) | St Catharines | Provides information and education about Complex Regional Pain Syndrome(formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) * offers support to individuals living with CRPS/RSD, their families and friends ... [More] | |
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![]() | Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, Provincial/Toronto Office | Toronto Downtown Central | Support and education * counselling * support groups * support for families of people with mental illness in contact with the law * online resources * advocacy * public education * research |
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![]() | Sickle Cell Association of Ontario | Scarborough North | Education and counselling for people living with or supporting someone affected by Sickle Cell Disease (includes Sickle Cell Anemia, Sickle Cell SC, Sickle Beta Thalassemia and the Sickle Cell Trait) ... [More] |
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![]() | Sickle Cell Awareness Group of Ontario | North York | Public education on sickle cell anemia and genotype testing * administers emergency grant for sickle cell patients and their families in dire need * administers scholarship fund to help youths living ... [More] |
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![]() | Spinal Cord Injury Ontario | North York East | Information and referral * education * peer support * advocacy * assistance achieving independence, self-reliance and full community participation * attendant and employment services -- see separate e ... [More] |
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![]() | War Amps (The), National Headquarters | Ottawa | Organization that offers help to amputees of all ages, through its programs Main programs and services: * Key Tag and Address Label Service: A sheltered workshop where war amputees could not only work ... [More] |