Substance Use and Misuse

Access to Recovery Project

 

 

The Access to Recovery (ATR) project was initiated as a means to provide  education and awareness about the issue of substance use and abuse  among    people with disabilities. Current research has found that persons with disabilities   are more at risk for substance abuse than are members of the   general   population. Higher levels of stress due to poverty, abuse, and isolation, search    for pain relief, and higher use of the health care system that can lead to over-prescription of medication are some of the contribute to these findings. This initiative ended in 2007.

The following resources were assembled to provide consumers and service providers with information about a variety of topics, all related to substance use and disability. Note: Prior to 2008, IL Canada was known as the Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres (CAILC).

The Access to Recovery Facilitator's Guide

 

Click Here to Download the Facilitator's Guide

 

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Fact Sheets

 

Service Providers:

The Disability Community
Substance Abuse & Disability
Physical Accessibility
Alternate Formats
Website Accessibility
Augmentative and Alternative Communication

 

Consumer Fact Sheets:

Harm Reduction
Prescription Drugs & Drug Interactions
Alcohol
Tobacco Use
Street Drugs

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PowerPoint Presentations

 

IL Canada

Access to Recovery Substance Abuse and Independent Living part 1
Access to Recovery Substance Abuse and Independent Living part 2

Service Providers

Harm Reduction (Holly Kramer, Project Coordinator;Toronto)

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all the members of the Substance Abuse Advisory Committee, (Barbara Collier from the Augmentative Communication Community Partnerships, Jennifer Barr from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Karine Plouffe from the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, Ray Cohen from the Canadian Abilities Foundation, Renée Ryan from Department of Health and Community Services for the province of Newfoundland, Céline Michaud from CRVA Bas-St-Laurent, Donna Greene from ILRC St. John's and Jihan Abbas, Traci Walters and Mary Jane Clinkard from  IL Canada, the delegates from the IL Centres who participated in the Access to Recovery training during the IL Canada AGM 2006 and have taken part in conference calls, the IL Canada board and staff and everyone else who helped out even in the smallest way.  A big Thank you goes to Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund for generously funding this project.  This project would not have been possible without all the support we received.