Please note: This is not an exhaustive list of resources, and we will continue to add more as they become known to us.

Canada Benefits ~This is the Canadian Government website for disability.   

         Click on the province that you want, then on a the "I am..." a person

         with a disability, then click on the disability connection.

     Disability Weblinks ~ Links you to information about programs, services

         and contacts anywhere in Canada.

    Boards of Education ~ A site created by the University of Toronto to link

         you to any school board in any province.

Ministère de la Famille ~ Childcare information, tax benefits, etc.

Miriam Foundation; Learning Centre for Autism and Developmental Disabilities ~ information on current trends, best practices and treatment

          options as well as organizations and associations

Quebec Education Act ~ Every person is entitled to the preschool

          education services and elementary and secondary school

          instructional services provided for by this Act and by the basic school

          regulation made by the Government under section 447, from the first

          day of the school calendar in the school year in which he attains the

          age of admission to the last day of the school calendar in the school

           year in which he attains 18 years of age, or 21 years of age in the

          case of a handicapped person within the meaning of the Act to

          secure the handicapped in the exercise of their rights (chapter E-

          20.1).

Support Services for Students with Special Needs ~ Support services for

          students with special needs are designed to help students with

          learning difficulties to maximize their potential for academic, social

          and vocational success. Support services can take the form of small

          group instruction, individual tutorials and in-class support. In

          addition, St. Patrick's maintains the services of a Special Education

          Technician that may work individually with students.

Adapting Our Schools to the Needs of All Students ~ Draft Policy On

           Special Education Making the adaptation of educational services a

           priority for all those working with students with special needs (page

          19)

Inclusive Education Service ~ The Inclusive Education Service is a

       provincial support network designed to build the capacity of English

       School Boards to serve their students with special needs in

       inclusive settings.

Creating the Conditions for Learning: Schoolwide Planning for Inclusion

Dignity, Freedoms, Rights, Equality, Protection ~ All human beings

           possess intrinsic rights and freedoms that ensure their protection

           and development - and all human beings are equal in worth and

           dignity. These are the opening words of the Charter of Human Rights

           and Freedoms. The object of the Youth Protection Act is to safeguard

           similar rights for young people.

Ministere de l'Education - Special Services ~ information about services

           for students with difficulties

Ministere de l'Education - Allowance for Special Needs Program (Funding)