Related Links

Feminist/Women Related
Disability Related
Sports Links for People with Disabilities

 

Feminist/Women Related

• Action des femmes handicapées (Montréal) (AFHM)
  
  
• Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
  Alliance canadienne féministe pour l’action internationale
  
  
• Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres
  Association canadienne des centres contre les agressions à caractère sexuel
  
  
• Canadian Women's Health Network
  Le réseau canadien pour la santé des femmes

• Canadian Women's Studies
  Les cahiers de la femme
  
  
• CRIAW/ICREF
  
  
• DAWN Ontario
  
  
• Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere
  Egalité pour les gais et les lesbiennes
  
  
• Feminist International Network of Resistance to Reproductive and Genetic Engineering
  
  
• The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children
  
  
• National Action Committee on the Status of Women
  Comité canadien d'action sur le statut de la femme/
  
  
• Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women's NewsBytes Page
  
  
• PAR-L (Policy, Action, Research List)
  PAR-L (Liste Politique, Action, Recherche)


• Take Back the Night
  

 

 

 

Disability Related

• Abilities Foundation
  


• Accessibility News International
  
  
• Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability
  Alliance de vie active des Canadiens/Canadiennes ayant un handicap
  
  
• Adaptech Research Network
  Le réseau de recherche Adaptech
  
  
• Alliance for the Equality of Blind Canadians
  
  
• BUILT Network Online
  Réseau BUILT en ligne
  
  
• Canadian Association for Familial Ataxias - Claude St-Jean Foundation
  Association canadienne des ataxies familiales - Fondation Claude St-Jean
  

• Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres
  Association canadienne des centres de vie autonome
  
  
• Canadian Association of the Deaf
  Association des Sourds du Canada
  
  
• Canadian Hard of Hearing Association
  Association des malentendants canadiens


• Canadian Hemophilia Society
  Société canadienne de l’hémophilie
  
  
• Canadian National Institute for the Blind
  Institut national canadien pour les aveugles
  
  
• Canadian Mental Health Association
  Association canadienne pour la santé mentale
  
  
• Citizens With Disabilities-Ontario (CWD-O)
  
  
• Disabled Peoples' International (DPI)
  
  
• DPI Newsletter
  
  
• Handicap International
  
  
• International Network on the Disability Creation Process
  Réseau international sur le processus de production du handicap
  
  
• In Our Shoes : BlogCast
  
  
• Learning Disabilities Association of Canada
  Troubles d’apprentissage – Association canadienne
  
  
• Mind your Mind
  
  
• Mobility International USA
  National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange
  
  
• Multi-Ethnic Association for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities
  Association multiethnique pour l'intégration des personnes handicapées du Québec
  
  
• Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
  Société canadienne de la sclérose en plaques
  
  
• Muscular Dystrophy Canada
  Association canadienne de la dystrophie musculaire
  

• National Educational Association of Disabled Students
  Association nationale des étudiant(e)s handicapé(e)s au niveau postsecondaire
  
  
• National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
  
  
• National Network for Mental Health
  Le réseau national sur la santé mentale
  
  
• Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada (TVAC)
  Association canadienne des victimes de la thalidomide (acvt)
  
  
• The War Amps
  Les amputés de guerre
  
  
• Women with Disabilities Australia
  
  
• World Blind Union
  Union mondiale des aveugles
  
  
• World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
  

 

Sports Links for People with Disabilities

• To Do Canada: http://www.td.ca
  This site's purpose is to provide sports links for the physically disabled in Canada, including links to Canadian sports associations for people with disabilities

Disabled sports association in the United States

• Disabled Sports USA: http://www.dsusa.org
  A national nonprofit, 501(c)(3), organization established in 1967 by disabled Vietnam veterans to serve the war injured. DS/USA now offers nationwide sports rehabilitation programs to anyone with a permanent disability.
  
  
• North Country Cycling: http://www.ncaccess.org/
  North Country Access Cycling, Northern New York’s chapter of Disabled Sports, USA,

 

National Link to Disabled Sports

Disabled Skiing

• National Association for Disabled Skiing
  Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing: http://www.disabledskiing.ca
  The Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing is a volunteer based organization having as its main objective, assisting individuals with a disability to lead richer and fuller lives through active participation in recreational and competitive snow skiing and snowboarding.
  
  
• Québec
  Sports and Leisure Association for the Blind: http://www.aslpa.qc.ca/en/home.shtml
  The Sports and Leisure Association for the Blind (ASLPA) was created by a group of blind, visually impaired, and fully sighted sports enthusiasts to organize and promote sports and leisure activities especially designed and fully adapted for blind and visually impaired people. Our first commitment is to develop downhill skiing, a sport in which ASLPA has acquired an incontestable and renowned experience.

Horseback Riding

• Alberta
  Little Bits Therapeutic Riding Association: http://www.littlebits.ca/
  Little Bits Therapeutic Riding Association is a non-profit, charitable organization providing recreational horseback riding with therapeutic benefits for children and adults with disabilities.

Sailing

The Disabled Sailing Association - There are many provincial chapters to choose from

• British Columbia
  Disabled Sailing Association of British Columbia: http://www.reachdisability.org/dsa/
  The Disabled Sailing Association is an independent, charitable society dedicated to enriching the lives of people with significant disabilities through leisure and competitive sailing. DSA sailing programs provide opportunities at every level, including quality instruction for children under adult supervision.
• Alberta
  Disabled Sailing Association of Alberta: http://www.dsaalberta.org
  In the fall of 1994, twelve new sailors formed the Disabled Sailing Association of Alberta (DSA Alberta) with the goal of establishing permanent sailing programs for children and adults with disabilities in Alberta. Now, after many seasons of successful operation, thousands of Albertans can say they've "Gone Sailing!" through DSA Alberta programs.
• Ontario
  Disabled Sailing Association of Ontario: http://www.disabledsailing.on.ca
  Why not? Experience the freedom of sailing - the sound of the wind in your ears, rush of the water against the hull. Feel the independence and leave the physical restrictions behind, as they don't exist anymore.