Please contact the Ontario Association for Community Living at 240 Duncan Mill Rd. Suite 403 Toronto, Ontario Canada M3B 1Z4. This material is from the Ontario Association for Community Living's web site . Disability Solutions is an online newsletter specifically for families and friends of individuals with down syndrome and other developmental disabilities. To access the online issues of this newsletter you will need to have Adobe Acrobat- the site offers a link to download this free software.
Back issues cover self-esteem, building community support networks and adaptive technologies.
This page lists videos available, including Employer's Viewpoint advocating for the hiring of people with developmental disabilities in non-disabled workplaces, and Succeeding Together at Work , a film which shows two people with developmental disabilities who have made it in the workforce. Video's are for sale, and prices and contact information are available on the web site. Becoming Human by Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche Daybreak, a network of homes for people with developmental disabilities, discusses his experiences of living and working with people with developmental disabilities. Published in 1998 by Anansi press. Individual Service Agreements for People with Developmental Disabilities is an information pamphlet produced by the Ministry of Community and Social Services about this new initiative.