Disability On-Line Resources

The Motion Picture Theatre Associations of Canada and the National Advisory Council of Disability Organizations have developed a program that will provide discounted admission to the support person accompanying a person with a disability to member movie theatres across Canada. For more information go to http://www.access2.ca/english.html

Kutaways
( http://www.kutaways.com/ )
Coats designed to maintain the quality of living for people in motion

Abilities Magazine ( http://www.abilities.ca/ )
ABILITIES is Canada's foremost cross-disability lifestyle magazine. It is widely read by people with disabilities, their families, friends and professionals. The publication is available in print, on audio cassette and on computer disk.

Canadian Social Research Links ( http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ )
For anyone interested in social policy this website is a must see. It is a a virtual resource centre for Canadian social program information and is kept up-to-date on a weekly basis with information from across the social policy spectrum, including disability issues.

disABILITY Information and Resources ( http://www.makoa.org/ )
A comprehensive Canadian listing of disability information and resources, with up-to-date links.

Disability Research Digest ( http://www.smd.mb.ca/ )
The Disability Research Digest (DRD) is a special project of the Society for Manitobans with Disabilities Alliance (SMD). SMD Alliance is based in Manitoba, Canada and provides strategic vision and policy direction to five SMD corporations: SMD Clearinghouse; SMD Foundation; SMD Ventures; SMD AbiTech; and SMD Services. The vision shared among the corporations is of a "community that supports the independence, participation, and empowerment of persons of all abilities." Each SMD corporation pursues a different but complementary mandate in working toward this vision.

Canadian Revenue Agency People with Disabilities
This page has tax information and services specifically for people with disabilities.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/sgmnts/dsblts/menu-eng.htmlsegments/disabilities/menu-e.html (English)

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/sgmnts/dsblts/menu-fra.html (French)

Canadian Human Rights Commission Discrimination Prevention Resources
This page has tools and resources which prevent discrimination from occurring.
http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/hrmm_mmdp/page3-en.asp (English)

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/hrmm_mmdp/page3-fr.asp?lang_update=1 (French)

CBC Viewpoint Disability Matters
This column features writers with disabilities who all have something to say about living with a disability and how they view awareness and attitudes toward disabilities in Canada. The column will deal with the rights of people with disabilities, eliminating inequality and discrimination, and issues of self-help and consumer advocacy.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_disabilitymatters/index.html (English)