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This booklet is for families who want to help support a relative who receives Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) benefits. It explains how to help a family member without affecting their ODSP benefits. Chapters include: How Henson Trusts can support people who receive ODSP benefits; Everything you need to know about ODSP; Setting up a Henson Trust; How to prepare for the future; and Is a Henson Trust a good choice for you? There is also a resource page and a glossary.

A copy of the handbook is available for download at English, Adobe PDF 34 pages

HAADD: Helping Adults with Autism and Developmental Disabilities is a family based organization that helps adults with autism to establish meaningful lives and homes in their community 

The Hanen Centre, a Canadian charitable organization founded in 1975 by Ayala Hanen Manolson, is committed to helping young children communicate effectively by supporting their parents, teachers and caregivers. This applies to children who have language delays, who are at risk for language delays, as well as to those whose communication is developing as expected.

Head Strong is a province-wide initiative that gives speakers a chance to share their stories, key messages and lessons drawn from their own experiences with mental health.  It also provides information about local mental health resources that provide support to people coping with their own or a family member or friend's mental illness.

The Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committee of Waterloo-Wellington is a regional committee with three local committees who seek to coordinate resources and services for people who are in conflict with the law, and who struggle with a serious mental illness, developmental disability, acquired brain injury, drug and alcohol addiction, and/or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (now referred to as alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder - ARND .  

HumanWare's products are having a profoundly positive impact on the lives of people who are blind or have low vision, and individuals with learning disabilities. These are the tools that empower them to live independently and compete effectively in a sighted world.