Tools & Resources

We update these resources as they become available, please check back to review or contact us for more information.

 

Community Resources

New Brunswick Association for Community Living

This organization has provided an overview of this landmark document for people with disabilities.

An Overview of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

 

Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies

Canada and the UN Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities, the document in it’s entirety.

CASHRA-CRDP-brochure_accessible

City of Regina

The City of Regina licenses accessible taxicabs to ensure the safety of people riding in taxis.  Here are some things you need to know when using accessible taxis.

http://www.regina.ca/residents/social-grants-programs/access-persons-disabilities/guide-to-accessible-taxis/index.htm

Communications Disabilities Access Canada

Accessiblity Includes Communication Brochure

 Ideas of what organizations can do to make their products and services accessible to people who have speech and/or language disabilities.

 

Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic

Toll Free 1-877-793-3222

Regina: (306) 352-6221

http://www.dcac.ca/

Have You Been Denied CPP Benefits? DCAC will personally prepare you for your Canada Pension Plan disability claim, assist you in completing the paperwork, and guide you step by step throughout the appeals process.

 

National Educational Association of Disabled Students

http://www.neads.ca/

NEADS has published a guide for disability service providers in Canada

Enhancing Accessibility in Post-Secondary Education Institutions

 

Parenting Special Needs 

http://parentingspecialneeds.org/

A free e-magazine subscription,with useful downloads, articles and resource for parents, caregivers. 

 

National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly

http://www.nicenet.ca/

Useful tools in digital and paper format on the following topics: care giving, dementia care, elder abuse, end-of-life issues, financial literacy, law and aging and mental health.

 

New Life Services Independent Living Program

101 Questions

This is a worksheet of questions to ask yourself to find out just how ready you are to go out on your own

 

We Connect Now

http://weconnectnow.wordpress.com/

A website for college students with disabilities in access to higher education and employment issues.

 

 

Government Resources

Accessible Taxi Cabs – City of Regina

CPP Disability Application Guide

CPP Fact Sheets

Parking Program Application for People with Disabilities  – Saskatchewan Abilities Council

Our Experience Our Voice Public Consultation Summary – Disability Strategy

Individualized Funding Brochure –  Saskatchewan Health

Financial Management Spreadsheet Saskatchewan’s Disability Action Plan – Saskatchewan Council on Disability Issues

RDSP’s and Adults with Mental Disabilities – Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, The Public Guardian and Trustee

Saskatchewan Human Rights Code – Government of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Rental Housing Supplement (SRHS) Paper Application Guide – Government of Saskatchewan

Transport Canada Updated Intercity Bus Code of Practice – Transport Canada

Words with Dignity –  City of Regina, Equal Opportunity

Accessible Taxi Cabs – City of Regina

Voters with Disabilities Brochure – Elections Saskatchewan

Newsletters

(If you require an earlier edition or TEXT ONLY  edition please contact us)

Prairie Voice – Fall 2014

Prairie Voice – Summer 2014

Prairie Voice – Fall 2013

Prairie Voice – Summer 2013

Prairie Voice – Spring 2013

Prairie Voice – Spring 2013 TEXT ONLY

 

 

 

 

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