KACL Links Table of Contents

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Aboriginal	Accessibility		Advocacy	Associations
Autism	Blogs	Board Education	Books	Canada
Children	Creativity	Communication	Computer	Community
Creative Thinking	Diabetes	Disabilities	Down Syndrome	Dual Diagnosis
Education	Election Material	Emotions	Estate Planning	Ethics
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder	Foundations	Fund Raising	Google	Government
Health	Home Schooling	Homelessness	Human Rights	Inclusion
Institutes	International	Kenora	Legal	Lifestyles
Management	Mental Health	Miscellaneous	News	Nutrition
Pandemic Planning
Parenting	Personal Planning	Poverty	Psychology	Recreation
Reference	Regulatory	Relationships	Science
Seniors	Sensory Integration	Simplify	Skills	Social Policy
Special Education	Values	Virtues	KACL Home Page

Aboriginal

Accessibility

Accessibility News

Advocacy

Associations

Ontario Partnership on Aging & Developmental Disabilies

Family Home Association

Ontario Association on Developmental Disabilities

Ontario Association for families of children with Communication Disorders (OAFCCD)

Roeher Institute

Dryden Association for Community Living

www.AND.ca Association for the Neurologically Disabled of Canada

The Canadian Down Syndrome Society

Canadian Centre on Disability Studies

Developmental Disabilities Program, UWO

Independent Living Institute

Integrated Network of Disability & Education

Norfolk Association for Community Living

Ontario Association of Education Advocates

World Health Organization

Children at Risk - Ottawa is a non-profit support agency providing services to families residing in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, since 1980. Our clients are children afflicted with autism or related disorders.

The ADDO Foundation

Autism

Blogs

Patricia Bauer Blog Site

Board Education

KACL Board Education
Institute on Governance
Governance for Non-Profits
Transfer Payment Agency Accountability and Governance
2007 Auditor General's Report
Transformation Recent MCSS announcements...
Opportunities and Action MCSS Document Full Version, Executive and Plain Language Version...
Spotlight on Trasformation

Books

Canada

Children

Realizing Potential Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth
Office of The Child Advocate
www.kidshealth.org/ Kidshealth, Nermours Foundation website devoted to the health of children and teens for kids, parents and professionals
www.abcteach.com This is the place for fun ideas and activities for kids, parents, student teachers, and teachers.
www.theideabox.com Early Childhood education and activity resources
Ability Kids.com Helping kids make the most of their abilities

Commmunity

Computer & Software

Creating Community

PLAN www.plan.ca
Tamarack www.tamarackcommunity.ca

Creative Thinking

Disabilities

National Action Plan on Disabilities
Patricia Bauer Blog Site
Kenora: People With Disability
Disability is Natural
Plan
OACL Home Page
Department of Psychiatry- University of Western Ontario, Developmental Disabilities
NADD
ARC
American Association for Mental Retardation
http://www.mentalhelpinfo.com/ Dual Diagnosis Resource Links
Yahoo's 2002 best disability community

Enablelink 5000 disability links

Abilities Magazine Online Magazine
Integrated Network of Disability Information and Education
Roeher Institute
John Hopkin's University Down Syndrome Database
Draft Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Word Document
International Convention as above in PDF Format
www.enablelink.org Canadian Abilities Association
http://www.abilities.ca Abilities Magazine
Integrated Network of Disability Information and Education (Indie)
Diana Michelle's Home Page Website developed as a "one-stop resource for parents with disabilities" includes articles written by Parents
Disability Solutions is the free publication of The Enoch-Gelbard Foundation. It's mission is: "To provide in a widely accessible manner, free of charge, information that is useful, sensitive, and current to everyone concerned with
developmental disabilities: parents, families, self-advocates, and professionals."

University of Western Ontario Department of Psychiatry Developmental Disabilities

Diabetes

Down Syndrome

Genetic Resources Ontario
Down Syndrome Listserv Site (Must See)
http://www.cdss.ca The Canadian Down Syndrome Society
Down Syndrome Listserv Site (Must See)
John Hopkin's University Down Syndrome Database http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=190685
Trisomy 21 Online Community
National Down Syndrome Society

Dual Diagnosis

Education

Ontario Ministry of Education
Family Net
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/funding/index.html Ontario Ministry of Education Student Focused FundingManual for the Special Education Grant Intensive Support Amount (ISA)
Lanark, Leeds & Grenville OAFCCD - This site has a very large links section
United Parents - mailing list for parents to talk about Special Education in Ontario. To join visit their website.
>http://www.behavior.com
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca

Election Material

Emotions

James Retson's Site on Emotions

Ethics

Occupational Therapists

Social Workers & Social Services www.ocswssw.org

Estate Planning

http://www.specialneedsplanning.ca/ Graeme Treeby and Rodney Dunn formed The "Special Needs" Planning Group. Since 1997, the Group's sole purpose has been to assist families in establishing plans which will provide their family members with a disability with a decent quality of life for their entire lifetime while at the same time, preserving their entitlement to government support programs.
Estate Planning List of various Web pages from Kacl on Estate Planning
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/rc4064/rc4064-e.html Information Concerning People with Disabilities and Income Taxes

Foundations

Home Schooling

www.education-world.com/special_ed 500,000 Resources on Web - You can and may want to spend all day on this site An entire community of resources on developmental delays, mild and severe challenges, individual education plans etc.
www.awesomelibrary.org Organizes resources on web with 17,000 resources including special section on Special Education. Excellent site Most Resources free.
www.geocities.com/Athens/8259/special.html A Homeschooling oriented collection of links for families dealing with learning disabilities, ADD, autism, Down's syndrome and more
www.unschooling.com Everything to support the unschooler:FAQs,essays, editorials, support and resources. Excellent Site
www.kinderart.com Crafts, Drama, Folk art, painting, sculpture, printmaking etc with lesson plans and Instructions
http://egroup.com/group/0-homeschoolreviews The Mailing List for homeschooling using free curriculum and educational resources
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/ The entire Scholastic site is a treasure trove but this subpage of lesson plans for intermediate ages is most valuable
http://www.learningplanet.com/index.asp?u=s A lot of resources for Home Schooling some free some not
http://hometown.aol.com/beeme1/index.html The site advocates short lessons, classic literature, nature walks, and journal keeping as the basis of a lasting education. Most Resources Free
www.parentpatch.com/ "Where Parents and educators can find everything they need in one site"

Homelessness

Human Rights

Kenora Multicultural Association Database
http://www.ohrc.on.ca/english/index.shtml Ontario Human Rights
http://www.ohrc.on.ca/english/consultations/ed-consultation-report.shtml The Opportunity to succeed : Achieving Barrier-Free Education for Students with Disabilities
For Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:See the following Three sitesUnited Nations ‘ Enable Site at http://www.un.org/disabilities/ , Disabled People’s International (DPI)’s Site at http://www.icrpd.net/ and especially a grass roots site called RatifyNow at http://ratifynow.org/ .