RESOURCES for the Disabled and those who support them
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ADVOCACY and/or RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS
BC Coalition of People
with Disabilities
*** Canada Pension Plan Disability
Benefits Advocacy Program and HERE
Christian Life Assembly - Langley, BC - has an advocacy group that may have
contacts and resources re disabled people
Canadian Government
publications
Council of Canadians with Disabilities
Economic Rights Advocacy for
People With Disabilities - BC
Government
of Canada - Persons with Disabilities
Legal Representation
CDN
Govt Office for Disability Issues
Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network
The
Disability Network - The Disability Network exists to enable co-operation
among Evangelical Alliance member organisations directly involved in the field
of disability, so as to effect change in both the Church and society.
Surrey Association of Community Living
United Way
Accommodating and
Employing People with Disabilities
ArcLink articles
Disability Etiquette Tips
Disability
Topics
Emergency Preparedness
Famous People With Disabilities
How Accessible is Your Church?
How Welcoming is Your Congregation?
Let Them Hear:
Getting Your Church Looped
Ministry to the Deaf
Ministry to the Blind
Strategic Network articles
re great commission and disabilities and HERE
ASSESSMENTS re Suitable Housing, Disability Penions/Assistance, etc.
300 - 10334 - 152A St., Surrey, BC, V3R 7P8
604-587-4600
Battery Chargers
http://www.1800wheelchair.com/asp/view-category-subcats.asp?category_id=370
Commodes
MEDIchair Surrey
Unit 1003 - 7495 - 132 St, Surrey BC V3W 1J8
phone: (604) 572-9620 or fax: (604) 572-4929
surrey@medichair.ca
Raised Toilet Seats
Toilevator - riser under the toilet brings it up to the height of an official toilet for handicapped people
PREMIER BATHTUBS
CAR INSURANCE DEDUCTION FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
For disabled people living in British Columbia, there is a deduction available through ICBC. Talk to your local ICBC agent to find out more about this and to request your application form for that.
Scooter City Ltd.
- Vancouver Area
65 B Clipper Street, Coquitlam BC, Canada V3K 6X2
Telephone: 604-540-6373
Toll Free: 1-877-508-3322
Fax: 604-540-6393
Email: info@scootercity.ca
Sidewinder Conversions - Chilliwack, BC
COMPUTER MOUSE FOR PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS, etc.
See this website http://www.contourdesign.com/pmo/index.htm
for a specially designed mouse that keeps your hand flat and is suited to
folk with arthritis. This is not a cheap one but it might be the most comfortable
mouse for you. a Canadian retailer has this Perfit Optical Mouse at http://www.ergocanada.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?product=Mouse_Contoured&cart_id=1568080.5240
These websites also show a mouse that can be controlled by the palm, not by
the finger.
CUSTOM MADE ORTHOPAEDIC SHOE MAKER
It's called: LOBEL & SON ORTHOPAEDIC - 418 W Columbia Street (other side of Pattulla Bridge from RC Hospital), New Westminster, BC (604) 522-8210. V3L 1B1 - Canada - hand made shoes, excellent job, fantastic service!! I'm a personal customer (info@DiscipleTheNations.org)
Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefits
According to Proactive Tax Consulting: "Many disabled taxpayers are not claiming tax credits that are available to them. The attendant care expense is an expense that a disabled taxpayer can deduct from earned income. These reflect amounts paid to an attendant on the taxpayer's behalf allowing the tax payer to work.
Disabled taxpaers may be eligible for an additional personal tax credit of $4,293 if they have a severe and prolonger mental or physical impairment. This credit is little known and little used.
Both of these tax benefits are avilable when the taxpayer gets a form T2201 signed by an attending physician. This form declares that you have and are markedly restricted in your activities of daily living by your disability."
Disability Tax Credit Certificate - form to download
People
With Disabilities - Canada Tax Info
Attendant Care Expenses
Canadian Tax Tips and HERE
Persons With Disabilities
(Canadian)
Disability
Ministry Curriculum/Training materials
Education
- resources
Student Loans
for Students with Disabilities
Canadian
Government - employment brochures
Employment resources
Assistive
Technology
DisabilityWorld
Products
Resources - ie. stairlifts, etc.
Special
Keyboards
Wheels for
the World
Resources
Christian
Fund for the Disabled
Disability Assistance
and Trusts
Disability Tax
Credit
Earnings Exemption Change for
People on Disability Benefits - BC
Financial Aid for Students with
Disabilities
Grants & Funding Information
Opportunities
Fund for Persons with Disabilities
Canadian Taxes - check
search engine for specifics for people with disabilities
Ten Income Tax Tips for People
With Disabilities and Their Families
Home Adaptation for Seniors (HASI)
ONTARIO MARCH OF DIMES - Home & Vehicle
Modification Program
Directory for Accessibility
Funding
Possibilities
From:Medids.com
They have a free medical and emergency wallet card that you can complete online
with both medical and emergency contact information, then you just print it
and fold it in two and get it laminated. You keep it with your driver's licence.
I put everything on my card, including details of who to contact about the
dogs, funeral wishes, etc.
It is good because, if you were in an accident, they have your doctor's name
and all drug details right there in your wallet. They always check your purse
for i.d./driver's licence first, but it could take them hours or days to get
your medical records.
You can create, print out, and laminate and go back to the website and up
date as often as needed.
FUEL TAX DEDUCTION FOR DISABLED PEOPLE IN BC
Application
for Refund of Fuel Tax - BC
Fuel Tax Refund
Program for disabled people in BC
HANDICAPPED PARKING OPTION IN BC
SPARC - The Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia (SPARC BC) works with communities in building a just and healthy society for all.
Caregivers
and help for caregivers
Help
for Caregivers
HOUSING OPTIONS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
Accommodation
Search Systems
Applying
for Affordable Housing in BC
Assisted Housing
Assisted living housing in Surrey
http://members.shaw.ca/bcseniors/senior_housing.html
http://members.shaw.ca/bcseniors/housing.html
Tenant Assistance Program (No link available)
Housing and Properties Department 100-515 W. 10th Vancouver, BC V5Z 4A8. 604-873-7109/7488
Provides information and referral on housing and related services and legal
information on tenant/landlord rights and responsibilities to Vancouver tenants.
Also offers limited relocation assistance to senior citizens and people with
disabilities who are unable to search for housing on their own
BC Housing Society
Canada Mortgage and Housing
Corporation
Care Facilities
and resources
Disability housing in
Surrey
Fraser Health
Housing Applicants
Housing
and Supports for People With Disabilities
Housing Coops Accepting
Applications
How to Apply
- who's eligible, how are people chosen, etc.
How
to Apply For Affordable Housing in BC
Independent Living BC (ILBC) - A housing for health partnership designed to meet the needs of seniors and people with disabilities who require some personal assistance, but who do not need 24-hour facility care. By 2006/07, 3,500 units will have been created under the ILBC program...Seniors with lower incomes and people with disabilities are able to rent the ILBC units for 70 per cent of their after-tax income. This covers their accommodation, meals, personal care and hospitality services, such as housekeeping, laundry, recreational opportunities and 24-hour response system. BC Housing provides housing subsidies to those who qualify for the Independent Living BC program and the health authorities fund the personal care services.
More
about ILBC and BC Housing's Role in the Program
Rent Supplements
Residential
Care Facilities
SAFER
- Shelter Aid For Elderly Renters
Spectrum Society for Community Living
Subsidized
Housing Units - Both the federal and provincial governments provide funding
for subsidized housing. This includes all types of housing in which the provincial
government provides some type of subsidy or rent assistance.
Tenant
Handbook
Provides current tenants with a better understanding of the approach and policies
that BC Housing follows in an attempt to make their homes a safe, affordable
and comfortable place to live. The handbook covers a range of topics: moving
in, keys, pets, guests, moving out, and paying the rent. It also includes
basic safety information, what to do if you have a complaint, and a section
on your rights
Understanding Wait-Lists
Ask your doctor to send in a requisition for you for in-home care workers. If you qualify, this is a gov't-funded service. You can get someone to come assist you in your home for about an hour per day.
They can assist you with such things as putting together and serving you your meals, doing dishes for you, sweeping the floor, cleaning the bathroom, giving back rubs, helping with bathing and other personal care, putting lotion on you, help with your pills, opening jars and cans, some light cleaning, taking out the garbage, etc.
They cannot cut your nails or administer prescriptions or prescription creams, etc.
Comcare has a contract with the local Health Unit - which is covered by the gov't. However, for long term care, it is not covered, and for extra services you can contact them and hire them to do that for you.
Learning Disabilities
Association of Canada
Transition Magazine - Transition was started in 1977 as a voice for people with disabilities in British Columbia, Canada. Originally sponsored by the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities, it is now published eight times per year by the Transition Publication Society. - online version / back issues
Prepared Meals
Better Meals - Lower Mainland
Better Meals - ready made meals for a good price.
You need freezer space for this service as they deliver the meals already frozen as you order what you want in advance
Ph# 604-299-1877
Kitchener Street, Burnaby B.C.
FitFood Enterprises Ltd. (No link available) 1505 Salsbury,
Vancouver 604-736-5615
Daily delivery of meals to your home.
Gold Card Catering (No link available) #120 - 12651 - 80th Avenue, Surrey,
BC V3W 3A6. 604-594-5520
Homestyle cooked meals for seniors delivered to your door, frozen, ready to
heat and eat.
Gourmet Meal Service 811 Royal Ave, New Westminster, B.C.
604-520-1904
Home cooked meals delivered to your door.
Meals-on-Wheels (no link available)
• Burnaby - 604-299-5778
• Delta - 604-946-9526
• Langley - 604-533-1679
• New Westminster - 604-524-0516
• North Shore - 604-922-3414
• Port Coquitlam - 604-942-7506
• Surrey/North Delta - 604-588-6325 - you
can sign up here - here is a
menu listing of warm meals and sandwhiches - you can also get menus specifically
for diabetics and for people with allergies
The meals at Meals on Wheels are different every day for six weeks.
You can order a hot meal and a sandwich each day.
On Thursdays and Fridays you can double the order so that
you have meals for
Saturday and Sunday.
They are delivered between 11 and 1 each day.
You have to tell them if there is something you cannot
eat or if you are
diabetic and give them an emergency phone number.
The worker brings an invoice at the end of the month. You
write a check to
pay for it and give it to them next time they come.
You could get started right away. They only need to be told the day before.
604-588-6325
• Vancouver/Richmond - 604-732-7638
Meals on Wheels (VON BC) 1525 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6J 1S1. 604-732-7638. Delivers 550 hot noon meals each weekday to the homebound elderly and people with chronic or acute illness throughout the Vancouver/Richmond area.
PalTrac Management 1-604-814-2656 (Abbotsford/Mission) Provides home-cooked lunches delivered to your door, and offers a grocery shopping/delivery service. PalTrac can also match up individuals with a companion who has similar interests with their Pals for Seniors program.
Sandy's Home-style Baking Company
604-980-8183. Committed to bringing hearty, traditional foods back into people's
homes... just like Grandma used to make. We have a free delivery service for
those in the North Vancouver / Downtown Vancouver area.
Savoury City 2832 Windsor St. Vancouver, BC V5T 4A3. 604-329-9231.
Delivers individually wrapped and frozen entrees, sides, and desserts to your
door. Items come in oven-ready containers, complete with a list of ingredients,
date prepared, weight and heating instructions. Serving the Greater Vancouver
area.
The Specialty Gourmet 3-240, 555 Brooksbank Ave., North
Vancouver, BC, V7J 3S5. 604-983-8511.
Fresh food delivery for specialty diets including The Healthy Living Diet,
Zone Gourmet Diet, and The Atkins Diet. Serving Vancouver, West Vancouver,
North Vancouver, Burnaby, New West, Richmond, Delta, Tsawwassen, Surrey, White
Rock, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore, Belcarra.
Travelling Gourmet Seniors Meals 1256-235 Keith Rd, West
Vancouver BC, V7T 1L5. 604-921-1604.
Now offering a specially priced Seniors Package, Travelling Gourmet prepares
delicious, healthy meals customized to your tastes and nutritional requirements.
Shopping, cooking, packaging and cleanup are included in this service. On
your pre-arranged cooking day, 5 entrées (five different entrées
of four servings each) are prepared in your own kitchen, packaged into 20
single servings, labelled, then placed in your refrigerator and freezer. Complete
instructions for heating and serving instructions are included. This one day
service consists of preparing 20 single servings; one months worth of gourmet
meals for a single person. Serving the Greater Vancouver area.
Urbanmeals.com (No link available) 604-733-3001
Three meals and two healthy snacks delivered daily to your home or office
by 9:00 am. You can try our service once, or use it 5 days a week.
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE
Medical
resources
Medical Care
PharmaWatch
Christian Council
on Persons With Disabilities
Christians with Disabilities
Compassionate Health Care Network
Disability Concerns
Joni & Friends
RCA Committee on
Disabilities
United Methodist Deaf
Ministries
United Methodist Task
Force on Developmental Disabilities
Community
Services
Continuing
Care
Gift Ideas
Things to Know
Visiting
MUSIC CREATED FOR DOWNES SYNDROME PEOPLE
HARPEGGIO - this beautiful-sounding harp, which is similar to an auto-harp but is played like a harp instead of pressing down buttons and strumming like an auto-harp, was designed for the inventor's Downes Syndrome child. The musical notation was also created especially for this child, and is so easy to follow that anyone can 'learn' to play the Harpeggio the FIRST TIME THEY TRY! Anyone that enjoys beautiful music but doesn't have time to spend years learning an instrument can make beautiful music in a very short time with the Harpeggio!
http://www.joystrings.com
- Surrey, BC, Canada
Business +1 604 812 2428 / joystrings@shaw.ca
HANDICACHING - Geocaching for Handicapped People - More about Geocaching for disabled nature-lovers
PERSONAL MEDICAL ALARM SYSTEMS
LIFELINE
Lifecallhttp://www.safetyandsecuritycenter.com/sencarsaf.html
PILLS - keeping them organized
Blisterpacks / bubble packs?
Two options - carried by many pharmacists
1) Blisterpacks - filled as a free weekly service by your pharmacist - you sign a consent form. This packet has various bubblepack slots for various times of every day of the week. You just pop out your pills as needed.
The other option is for you to get one of the Reminder packs - available in various sizes - from the pharmacy and fill it yourself. They will cost you about $5-$10.
Some similar products: http://www.forgettingthepill.com/organizers.html
http://www.bathingmadeeasy.com/products.php?class_id=045109
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190221499580&ih=009&category=122741
If you're considering a pool lift/ramp - including portable ones, for your pool, and especially if you're considering it for a public place like a seniors home or home for disabled people, here are some notes which you may find helpful which were recently put together as a pool lift proposal for a condo. Pool Lift Proposal
Sammons and Preston
http://www.squidoo.com/pool-lift
http://www.activeforever.com/p-699-pal-1000-portable-aquatic-lift.aspx
Portable
Aquatic Pool Lift
Similar is the Power
EZPool Lift - for 400 lbs - includes remote control and power lift instead
of manual - good price
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RAMPS for Wheelchairs/Scooters
EZ-ACCESS
SUITCASE WHEELCHAIR RAMP
Drive
Single Fold Suitcase Ramp
Single
Fold Portable Wheelchair Ramp
See how it folds
up like a suitcase with a handle
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Recreation and Travel Resources
Abbey Medical
supplies......604-850-1755
Children's
Books About Disabilities
Coalition for Active Living
Collection of Canadian
Disability Sites
Disability
benefits
Disability online - resources
Disability
resources directories
EnableLink - linking people with disabilities
to a world of resources
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities
Free Resources to Download
FREE
SOFTWARE for the disabled
General Information Resources
Global Health &
Disability Resource Centre
Home Health
Aides
Information Technology
Local
Church Accessibility Survey
National Organization on Disability
Resource
Links and HERE
Resources on other disabilities
Resources
Toys & Accessories for Children
with Disabilities
Untangling the Web - your
complete listing of disability resources on the web
BCCPD
Application Guides - June 2004
Advocacy Access has produced 4 guides on applying for disability benefits
and health supplements.
BCCPD
Help Sheets on Disability Benefits - files updated June 2004
The BCCPD has prepared a series of Help Sheets on disability benefits under
the Employment and Assistance Legislation. You can view these sheets online
and/or download and print them. We thank the Legal Services Society of BC,
The United Way of the Lower Mainland and the Health Sciences Association of
BC for funding the Help Sheet series.
BCCPD Appeal Guides
- December 2003
Guides on appealing the denial of disability benefits and health supplements.
RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
FREE
SOFTWARE for the disabled
Resources for Orthopedia
Disabilities
RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING & MENTAL DISABILITIES
RESOURCES FOR THE HEARING IMPARIED / DEAF
FREE
SOFTWARE for the disabled
Let Them
Hear: Getting Your Church Looped
Signs of Solidarity: New Book
on the Hearing Accessible Church
Resources
United Methodist Deaf
Ministries
RESOURCES RE THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED / BLIND
FREE
SOFTWARE for the disabled
Resources
SPECIAL CLOTHING FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Custom Made Orthopaedic Shoe Maker
Planet Amber
Home Adaptation
for Seniors (HASI)
ONTARIO MARCH
OF DIMES - Home & Vehicle Modification Program
Directory
for Accessibility
Silverts
Handi-Dart -
Surrey, BC
Transportation
resources in Greater Vancouver
Wheelchair
and Scooter access to buses, SkyTrain, SeaBus - Greater Vancouver
MOTORIZED SCOOTERS - see Passport Pacesavers
- door stopper idea -
MEDIchair Surrey
Unit 1003 - 7495 - 132 St, Surrey BC V3W 1J8
phone: (604) 572-9620 or fax: (604) 572-4929
surrey@medichair.ca
Scooter City Ltd.
- Vancouver Area
65 B Clipper Street, Coquitlam BC, Canada V3K 6X2
Telephone: 604-540-6373
Toll Free: 1-877-508-3322
Fax: 604-540-6393
Email: info@scootercity.ca
Taxi Saver Program - TaxiSavers (No link available)
TaxiSavers is a program for residents of the GVTA region that have a permanent
physical or cognitive disability. For more information about TaxiSavers contact
the handyDART operator in your area. 604-540-3400
HandyPass now called HandyCard
HandyCard
TransLink: 1600-4720 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC
V5H 4N2
604-453-4634
Fax: 604-453-4628
A program for residents of the GVTA Transportation Service Region who have a HandyCard (a photo identity card issued by TransLink). A person is eligible for HandyCard if he or she has a permanent physical or mental disability that prevents the use of regular public transit without assistance. A book of Taxi Saver coupons with a total face value of $40 will be sold to a HandyCard holder for $20; two books of Taxi Savers may be purchased each month. Call the above number to obtain a HandyCard application. Customers may call the participating taxi company of their choice and book service directly.
DISABILITIES travelling disabled
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Access-Able Travel Sources
Disability Traveller
Disability Travel and Recreation
Resources
DisabilityWorld Directory
Global Access Disabled Travel
Network is the ultimate information
Medical Travel The Disability Travel
Experts
WORLD TRAVEL GUIDE
the disabled traveller
VOICE ACTIVATION PROGRAMS FOR COMPUTERS
VOICE ACTIVATION program for MAC
http://www.macspeech.com/
iListen
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ViaVoice for PCs
