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Recent News
Identifying Trends and Supports for Students with ASD
Fri, Jul 30th, 2010
There are 5,800 students identified with ASD currently in Ontario’s publicly funded secondary schools. School staff expect that approximately 1,100 of these students will seek to enter college or university between 2009 and 2011.
We All Need Accessibility
Fri, Jul 30th, 2010
People with disabilities should have the same kind of opportunities as everyone else. They should be able to move around from place to place, go shopping, get a job, eat out, or go to school — just like everyone else.
Upcoming Events
Sat, Jul 31st, 2010
Come and see 10 year old C-RAD get his wish. The local store, Long & McQuade, is providing electronic drum
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Specifically designed for youth 13-17 with a disability. Two weeks in August Monday to Friday, 9:00am-4:00pm.Participants will help to plan
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Useful ArticlesFamily Resource Guidebook for Direct FundingBy The Hamilton Family Network & CanChild Centre, McMaster University Wed, May 13th, 2009Author(s): The Hamilton Family Network & CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, McMaster University - April 2007 Individualized funding (IF) is money awarded to an individual or group of individuals who are then given control of budgets, supports and services organized to meet their individual needs. Individualized funding increases choice and control for people with disabilities and their families. It also focuses on building personal support networks and increasing typical community participation. The purpose of this manual is to provide information and resources to assist individual families and family networks who are planning to apply and manage individualized funding. The information in this manual is based on the experiences of a group of families connected with the Hamilton Family Network (HFN). The 10 families have youth with developmental disabilities and they were successful in securing individualized funding through the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services (MCSS) in 2001. The authors recognize that there are other types of direct funding available through other sources. Readers planning to access funding are encouraged to explore the requirements and expectations of those applications. However, it is anticipated that information in this manual will be helpful regardless of the funding source. Click here to view the PDF |
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