Services:

Family Services à la famille Ottawa (FSFO) is dedicated to the health and well-being of the people of Ottawa. Our services are accessible, effective and our professional staff are talented and committed.

211 Ontario - Access to community, social, health and related government services in Ontario.

The Community Information Centre of Ottawa provides information about a wide range of services in the Ottawa area (e.g. community services, health, social services, government services). They are perhaps best known for their famous 'Blue Book', which is a Directory of Ottawa Community Services.

Children's Integration Support Services (CISS)... is a bilingual program which provides support services to licensed nursery schools, day care centres, school age and home child care programs that integrate children who have special needs between the ages of six weeks and ten years of age in the City of Ottawa.

Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre...OCTC is a leader in providing specialized care for those with multiple physical, developmental, and associated behavioural needs, focusing on our Region's children and youth.

Service Coordination...Service Coordination des services assists people in our community who have a developmental disability and/or autism. They help access the supports and services that are available.

Down Syndrome Association- National Capital Region...Learn about issues, activities and resources relevant to those with Down Syndrome in the Ottawa and surrounding area.

Autism Ontario Ottawa Chapter...Provides information, support, resources and advocacy to advance the quality of life for persons affected by ASDs within our community. The Ottawa Chapter has been in existence for over 30 years and was one of the first chapters.

Crossroads Children's Centre...An accredited mental health agency providing specialized services to children under the age of 12 with severe emotional and behavioral issues.

First Words...Provides information on how babies and young children learn to talk,tips on what parents can do to help their children to speak, services where parents and preschool children can get the help they need.

Preschool Autism Program
1661 Montreal Rd, Ottawa (613) 745-5963
Provides intensive behavioural intervention services for children aged 2 and over who have been diagnosed within the severe end of the autism continuum.

SNAC
South Nepean Autism Centre is dedicated to helping meet the needs of families of children ages 1-6 with Autism Spectrum Disorders, although a formal diagnosis of ASD is not necessary.

Children at Risk, Ottawa
Children at Risk is a community-support charity for Autistic children and their families. Established in 1979, Children at Risk strives to complement exisiting government-funded supports - filling in the gaps with Social Skill groups, Sibling Support Groups, educational workshops and infomation seminars. All of our services are financed by donations and fundraising activities, which require volunteers throughout the year.
613-741-8255 • info@childrenatrisk.ca

T.I.P.E.S. ...Thinking in Pictures Educational Services
a non-profit educational and therapeutic service that provides support to children aged 2-18 years who have PDD (eg. Autism) and related or additional exceptionalities.

Emerging Mind
Emerging Minds is a treatment centre for children and youth on the autism spectrums.

Therapeutic & Educational Living Centres Inc. (TELCI)

TELCI provides the following services:

• Housing and support services to individuals who have a visual impairment and intellectual disabilities
• Daily life skills training
• Communication skills training
• Adaptive Techniques
• Sensory activities
• Exploring every opportunity for the inclusion and integration for clients within the community
• Pursuit of recreational and cultural outings and activities
• Client driven programs
• A person centred approach to care
• Braille
• Advocate for clients in the community
• Protect and promote the welfare, dignity and individual rights of TELCI clients at all times

Total Communication Environment (TCE)

TCE's services include:

• Community Residences
• Community Short-Term Respite Services
• Day Supports/Community Support Services
• Long Term Care Outreach

Ottawa Carleton Lifeskills Inc. ...a non-profit agency with a mission to serve developmentally delayed adults with residential and day programs. Tel: (613)254-9400

Lifetime Networks Ottawa (LNO)
Lifetime Networks Ottawa (LNO) exists to facilitate the establishment of, and ensure the continuance of, a loving and caring Personal Network in the lives of persons with a disability.

Y's Owl Maclure Co-operative Centre
Y' s Owl Maclure Co-operative Centre, in partnership with the community, creates day time opportunities including employment for people with disAbilities.

LiveWorkPlay (Community Living Ottawa)
LiveWorkPlay is a charitable organization that supports a good life for people with intellectual disabilities through citizenship, self-advocacy, and community partnerships. LiveWorkPlay believes in an individualized and non-program approach that emphasizes personal planning and support networks. Please contact CEO Keenan Wellar at 613-235-9550 x 223 for media relations, public relations, and inquiries related to Community Living Ottawa.

TAMIR
Tamir offers a variety of services in response to community need.

L'Arche Ottawa
L'Arche Ottawa began in the national capital region in 1972. Today we are 30 core members and 18 assistants living in 7 homes as well as members of the coordinating team and a number of live-out and part-time support persons.

Community Leader: Donna Rietschlin

11, Rossland Avenue,
Ottawa, Ontario, K2G 2K2
Tel: (613) 228-7136
Fax: (613) 228-8829
office@larcheottawa.org

Christian Horizons is committed to providing supports that are person-centered. We help people to define and pursue their own dreams and goals, to experience inclusion and relationships, to enjoy meaningful activities, to exercise self-determination, and to pursue personal growth. We strive to keep the person with a disability and family, friends, and/or advocates at the centre of planning and decision-making for that person.

RespiteServices.com
RespiteServices.com is a provincial website that will help families to easily access respite workers and services within their local community across Ontario.

Access2 Entertainment
The Access 2 Entertainment personalized card provides free admission for support persons accompanying persons with disabilities to movie theatres across Canada. The card is currently accepted at 95% of theatres in Canada.

Advocacy:

Coalition of Community Health and Resource Centres of Ottawa
The coalition is a network of community-based health and resource centres which recognizes the importance of responding to the diversity of needs within local communities and pays particular attention to those members of the community who are most vulnerable and at risk.

Families Matters Coop Inc

Families Matter Coop - Vision and Mission:

• To fill a Gap in the Community for families and their family members with developmental disabilities, to connect with each other and to information
• To provide valued participation and input to government and agencies, into the process of creating supports/ services in the community for family members.
• To take a "Proactive" and balanced approach to deal with fragmentation of families and their powerlessness for input into matters that affect their lives.

Citizen Advocacy of Ottawa
Our vision is of a community that welcomes and values the participation and contribution of all its citizens, including those who live with disabilities.

1 Community Place
312 Parkdale Avenue
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K1Y 4X5
613-761-9522
info@citizenadvocacy.org

REACH: Promoting Equality and Justice for People with Disabilities
Reach is located at 400 Coventry Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1K 2C7. The telephone numbers are (613) 236-6636, TTY (613) 236-9478 and toll free 1-800-465-8898. Reach can be contacted through e-mail by sending a message to reach@reach.ca, or you can visit its website at www.reach.ca.

Advocacy & Social Action (Disabilities) - Ottawa
Advocacy & Social Action programs seek to influence legislation to benefit disabled people or to achieve specific social or political goals. They also intercede on behalf of individuals and/or groups to ensure they receive the benefits and services to which they are entitled and that their rights guaranteed by law are protected and enforced.

United Families of Eastern Ontario
United Families of Eastern Ontario (UFEO) is a coalition of family networks and individuals committed to improving the lives of children and adults with Developmental Disabilities (including Autism Spectrum Disorders). Activities include:

• Facilitating the sharing of information between families and groups in the developmental disability community.
• Participating and partnering in the planning of services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities
• Acting as an advocate on issues affecting families and individuals dealing with a developmental disability
• Raising awareness within the general public on issues of concern to the developmental disability community

You can join at www.ufeo.ca.

Support and Recreation:

Dandelion Dance Company
Dandelion Dance Company is an Ottawa based youth dance theatre company which explores social issues through movement

Gloucester Association for Children with Special Needs (GACSN)
The Gloucester Association with Special Needs is a group dedicated to providing Special Needs children with a fun Saturday afternoon of swimming, crafts, and meeting friends.

Organization Contact: Regina Lusignan
613-841-0158
reginalusignan@hotmail.com

Picture Card Communication
info@picturecardcommunication.com

Propeller Dance
Providing dance programming to people with and without disability. Our programs are inclusive, fostering an integrated approach to dance and art-making, education and community development.

Ottawa Therapy Dogs
613-261-6834
admin@ottawatherapydogs.ca

FRP Canada • The Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs
FRP Canada promotes the well-being of families by providing national leadership, consultation and resources to those who care for children and support families
Tel (Ottawa):(613) 237-7667
Fax: (613) 237-8515
Email: info@frp.ca

The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Group of Ottawa: Parents and Professionals caring for persons of all ages affected by alcohol before birth. We have monthly meetings (October to June) at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

City of Ottawa Recreation
All recreation programs offered within the City's Parks and Recreation branch are open to participants with disabilities.

Programs offered in various community centres give children, youth and adults with special needs the opportunity to participate in year-round recreation and social activities.

For more information contact the Portfolio Coordinator, Special Needs within your district/community.

City Wide Special Needs: 613-580-2424 ext. 29283

East District:
Diane Cyr, 613-580-2424, ext. 29300
Claudelle Crowe (RN), 613-580-2424 ext. 29320

West District:
Jodie Gilvear 580-2424 ext. 41226
Katie Jacobson-Lang/Christina McCormick at 580-2424 ext. 29291

Epilepsy Ottawa Carleton
Epilepsy Ottawa Carleton is a non-profit organization that strives to provide information and support to those living with or affected by seizure disorders.