Category: Resources
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Common Vision for Real Transformation
Led by a common vision of “a good life for people with disabilities as citizens within our communities,” in June 2005, 4 provincial grassroots organizations that represent people with disabilities and their families worked together to identify changes needed in Developmental Services in Ontario to support citizens with disabilities. The Common Vision newsletters were developed by:
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Creating a Good Life in Community (English & French Versions)
A Guide on Person-Directed Planning This guide on Person-Directed Planning was written by the Individualized Funding Coalition for Ontario to assist people with disabilities, their families, friends, and trusted others with planning for the future.
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Belonging Matters Tip Sheets
The series of tip sheets below from Belonging Matters offer many ideas and suggestions for people who are thinking about how to build lasting friendships, how to create a meaningful, inclusive life after school, and how to experience belonging in their neighbourhoods and communities.
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IFCO Statement of Principles
When people and families have control over money or funds from the government and can choose how to use funding, it is called Individualized Funding. People and their loved ones direct what happens with their Individualized Funding and choose how the money will be spent to support their lives in their neighbourhoods and communities. The Individualized Funding…
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Developmental Services Housing Taskforce – Final Report (2018)
In its Final Report: Generating Ideas and Enabling Action: Addressing the Housing Crisis Confronting Ontario Adults with Developmental Disabilities, the Developmental Services Housing Taskforce outlines the housing crisis in Ontario for people with developmental disabilities and offers recommendations for ongoing commitment and engagement relating to innovative housing options.
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My Home, My Choice Initiative
Since 2010, Windsor-Essex Family Network and partners have worked to inspire people and families about what it means to have an affordable home to call one’s own. The My Home, My Choice initiative looks at the many options and many different ways to prepare for living on one’s own someday, such as: For more information and…
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Home Sweet Home
A menu of options for people who want a home This resource booklet was developed in the community of St. Marys, Ontario to address the need for people with disabilities and limited incomes to have security of home. This booklet was made by folks who were thinking about and acting on creative ways to offer…
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Circles of Support – A Manual for Getting Started
This manual from Resourcing Inclusive Communities provides a detailed review of support networks/circles of supports/circles of friends.The guide includes many ideas and examples of:
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Circles of Support – Getting Started
This guide from Resourcing Families provides an overview of Circles of Support and includes many ideas to help people and families get started to develop their own support networks.
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A Guide to Supported Decision-Making: The Basic Legal Concepts
This resource from Windsor-Essex Family Network outlines current laws in Canada related to decision-making and explores the shift that is needed for people with disabilities to have dignity and autonomy through Supported-Decision Making.