The FAPE Site

Alberta Committee of Citizens With Disabilities
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http://www.accd.net
The Alberta Committee of Citizenswith Disabilities is a consumer driven provincial organization of persons within the cross-disability community.

Ability OnLine Support Network
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http://www.ablelink.org (Canada)
An electronic mail forum providing support for children and young adults with disabilities and chronic illess, helps build self-esteem by eliminating barriers between disabled kids and their non-disabled peers.

AND - The Association for the Neurologically Disabled of Canada
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http://www.AND.ca/
AND Canada provides an at-home rehabilitation evaluation and therapy program service. They treat individuals with a broad range of disabilities, from mild learning disorders to severe neurological impairments. These include Stroke, Cerebral Palsy, Perceptual Problems, Brain Injury at Birth, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Attention Deficit Disorder, Speech, Reading and Learning Disabilities, Sensory Motor Disabilities (Fine and Gross),Developmental Disabilities, Acquired Brain Injury, Down Syndrome and Autism. They hold clinics in several Canadian cities to make their services accessable to Canadians and Americans living close enough to attend. AND is a Canadian non-profit charitable organization.

Adaptive Technology Resource Centre
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http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc (Canada)
The ATRC actively promotes inclusionary design in information networks. The centre works closely with education, government, industry and organizational partners to increase accessibility and awareness of access issues. The ATRC also provides information, demonstrations, and training in the use of access technology to educators, students, the media and the general public.

Canadian Abilities Foundation
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http://www.enablelink.org (Canada)
The Canadian Abilities Foundation is probably best known for publishing the famous Abilities Magazine. Printed four times a year, it covers topics such as Sports, Technology, Arts, Travel and Transportation, Housing, Health and much much more. Come check us out and drop us a line.

Canadian Association for Independent Living Centres
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http://www.cailc.ca/ (Canada)
Since its inception, the Canadian Independent Living Movement has made significant accomplishments. As of 1994, a network of 21 Independent Living Resource Centres has been established which serve communities in a majority of Canadian provinces. The Independent Living philosophy and its delivery system (through local ILRCs) is clearly a proven vehicle to pro-actively enable people with disabilities to access the resource which permit their full integration and participation into Canadian society.

Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
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http://www.caslpa.ca (Canada)
CASLPA is the national organization representing the professionals who work with individuals living with communication disorders.

British Columbia Fibromyalgia Society
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http://www.mefm.bc.ca/bcfm/ (Canada)
The British Columbia Fibromyalgia Society provides education and support for the Fibromyalgia Patient Community.

Brain Injury Association of Nipissing
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http://travel.to/brain (Canada)
Site is targeted at people living with the effetcs of brain injury.

Canadian Braille Authority/L'Autorite canadienne du braille
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http://www.canadianbrailleauthority.ca/index.php (Canada)
Canadian Braille Authority/L/Autorite canadienne du braille is a non-profit organization comprised of a committed and dedicated group of users, producers and teachers of braille who work together for a common purpose: the promotion of braille as a primary medium for persons who are blind. CBA provides a unified Canadian voice for the promotion of braille, informs readers of braille code changes, develops and monitors standards of braille teaching, and promotes better access to qualified teaching in braille.

Canadian Injured Workers Alliance
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http://www.ciwa.ca/ (Canada)
CIWA/ACVAMT is a national network of injured workers groups. We exist to support and strengthen the work of local and provincial groups, by providing a forum for exchanging information and experiences of injured workers groups across Canada. We believe that injured workers, as individuals, should be in control of their own destinies. In a similar vein, injured workers groups must be democratically controlled by injured workers. We believe the national organization of injured workers can best assist these objectives by providing training and educational resources in partnerships with provincial or territorial organizations of injured workers, and the trade union movement at all levels.

Canadian Council On Rehabilitation and Work
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http://www.ccrw.org/
The CCRW is a Canada-wide network of organizations and individuals. Our missions is to promote and support equal and equitable employment of people with disabilities.

Centre For Management of Community Services
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http://www.cmcs.on.ca/ (Canada)
CMCS is a non-profit agency funded by Ontario's Ministry of Community and Social Services. Our mission is to promote innovative services for people with disabilties. We achieve this goal by providing consulting, training, and publications to community organizations which support this community organizations. Consulting-CMCS facilitates a planning process for boards of directors and management to identify actions to best support people with disabilities. Training-CMCS sponsors an annual two day symposium and offers customized training. Publications-CMCS produces a quarterly newsletter, Community Professionals, as well as a variety of other resource materials.

Canadian RSD Network.
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http://www.canadianrsd.com (Canada)
Education-Awareness-Support. Where People Care.

EASTER SEALS / MARCH OF DIMES NATIONAL COUNCIL
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http://www.esmodnc.org (Canada)
The Council is a principal national advocate and coordinator acting in partnership with its enfranchised members, disabilitiy-related organizations, rehabilitation professionals and Canadians with disabilties and their families.

DAWN Canada - DisAbled Women's Network Canada
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http://indie.ca/dawn/index.html (Canada)
DAWN Canada is a national organization comprised of women with disabilities. Our website offers information about our organization, our Board of Directors and our current undertakings. You will receive information on a variety of topics and be able to browse through our recent successes.

DisAbled Women's Network Ontario
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http://dawn.thot.net (Canada)
A site targeted at women with disabilities.

ECHO Society - Main
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http://www.telusplanet.net/public/echosoc (Canada)
A non-profit support service agency for people with disabilities serving the Northern Alberta Communities of Whitecourt, Mayerthorpe, and Fox Creek.

Internet Mental Health
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http://www.mentalhealth.com/
Our hope is that Internet Mental Health will promote improved understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness throughout the world.

Ideal Lives.com
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http://www.ideallives.com (United States)
Resource site for parents, teachers & providers supporting individuals with disabilities. Includes quick tip columns, web resource sites, ebook publications & on line book recommendations, as well as customized consultation

Parkinson's Society of Ottawa-Carleton
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http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/freeport/social.services/parkinson/menu
The Parkinson's Society of Ottawa-Carleton is a voluntary, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for persons with Parkinson's disease and their families.

Ontario March of Dimes
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http://www.dimes.on.ca
Our primary focus is delivering quality programs and services to adults with physical disabilities in Ontario. Each year Ontario March of Dimes assists more than 10,000 consumers in over 100 communities throughout the province.

Paul Menton Centre for Persons with Disabilities, Carleton University
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http://www.carleton.ca/~dmellway/paulmenton/welcome.htm
The Paul Menton Centre for Persons with Disabilities is the support service for students with disabilities at Carleton University. Our mission is to provide students with disabilities with the opportunity to participate fully in the educational experience at Carleton.

Nova Scotia Community Organization Network
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http://www.nsnet.org (Canada)
Nova Scotia organizations assisting people with disabilities and health related supports. Disability links, information and resources.

Parents of Deaf Plus Ontarians
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http://www.podpo.org (Canada)
This is the website of Parents of Deaf Plus Ontarians. An advocay association for parents of children and adults who are deaf with other developmental delays and special needs, such as autism etc. The method of Communication is sign language and ASL.

Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy
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http://www.ofcp.on.ca (Canada)
A non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities in Ontario. Information on cerebral palsy, OFCP's programs and services, Participaper, member groups and related issues. Coming soon... OFCP's International Resource Centre.

Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities
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http://www.nsnet.org/leo (Canada)
We are an advocacy organization working towards legislative changes on a provincial level and to assist the individual. Our mission is to achieve recognition of the abilities of PWD so that they may funciton as equals in society by way of public awareness to their needs.

Possibilities Project
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http://www.possibilitiesproject.com/ (Canada)
Community Information Toronto’s Possibilities Project e-zine [http://possibilitiesproject.com] for Toronto employment, education and training information, funded by Human Resources Development Canada.

The Rick Hansen Institute
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http://www.rickhansen.com (Canada)
To provide leadership in the field of disability in the areas of fund development, awareness and programs with a focus in the area of spinal cord injury.

Special Education Technology -British Columbia
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http://www.setbc.org (Canada)
SET-BC is a Provincial Resource Program designed to assist school districts in British Columbia in meeting the technology needs of students with physical disabilities and visual impairments.

The Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute
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http://www.vrri.org (Canada)
The VRRI provides support and services for people with developmental disabilities. The site provides information on the organization's purpose, services provided, research activities, research reports published in our journal, and products available through our resource library.

Welcome to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind
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http://www.cnib.ca
The website of the CNIB which includes information on the CNIB, their numerous employment services and ways of promoting access technologies in Canadian society. The site provides links to other related sites and also an internal link to CNIB publications.