| International Day of Persons with Disabilities is December 3rd. | |
| The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities was established by the United Nations in 1981 with the International Year for Disabled Persons. The Day aims to promote a better understanding of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of the political, social, economic and cultural life of their communities. The goal of full and effective participation of persons with disabilities in society and development was established by the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1982. | |
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| Did You Know? | |
| According to the World Bank, an estimated
10 percent of the world’s population lives with a disability, with
the majority living in developing countries. http://www.worldbank.org/ |
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| Selection of Resources: | |
| The Library has materials, equipment and
services to help people with disabilities access information and entertainment
including: Audiobooks and e-Audiobooks CCTV Magnifier Large print books and periodicals Music Reading Pen Reference Services Shut-in services Tumblebooks Videos & DVDs with closed captioning Zoomtext magnifier/reader software (to come) Useful Websites |
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| Canadian Government Websites: | |
| Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/disability_issues Persons with Disabilities Online http://www.pwd-online.gc.ca/ Service Canada - Services for Persons with Disabilities http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/audiences/disabilities/index.shtml |
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| Quebec Government Websites: | |
| Office des personnes handicapées du Québec
– (French only) http://www.ophq.gouv.qc.ca/index.htm Persons with Disabilities - Services Québec (available soon in English) http://www.personneshandicapees.info.gouv.qc.ca/ BaNQ - Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec - Services for disabled persons http://www.banq.qc.ca/services/services_aux_handicapes/ index.html?language_id=1&bnq_langue=en Service québécois du livre adapté portal http://www.banq.qc.ca/sqla/index.html?language_id=1 CSSS Cavendish (CLSC René Cassin) http://www.cssscavendish.qc.ca/nc/en/ |
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| Municipal: | |
| Côte Saint-Luc Parks and Recreation Department http://www.cotesaintluc.org/en/disabilities City of Montreal AccèsSimple (French only) http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/ page?_pageid=2496,3086647&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |
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| Visual Impairments | |
| CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) http://www.cnib.ca/en/ MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre (Montreal Association for the Blind) http://www.mabmackay.ca/?langue=en Institut Nazareth & Louis-Braille - services de réadaptation aux personnes qui résident à Montréal, en Montérégie ou à Laval et qui ont une déficience visuelle http://www.inlb.qc.ca Service québécois du livre adapté portal http://www.banq.qc.ca/sqla/index.html?language_id=1 Daisy Consortium (Digital Accessible Information SYstem) http://www.daisy.org/ |
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| Hearing Impairments | |
| Canadian Association for the Deaf http://www.cad.ca/ Canadian Hearing Society http://www.chs.ca/ Communicaid For Hearing Impaired Persons (CHIP) http://www.hearhear.org/ Hearing Loss Association of America http://www.shhh.org/ |
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| Physical Disabilities | |
| Quebec Paraplegic Association http://www.portal.paraquad.qc.ca/web/site/accueil MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre http://www.mabmackay.ca/?langue=en Kéroul - Tourism and culture for people with restricted physical ability http://www.keroul.qc.ca/en/ Quebec Society for Disabled Children http://www.enfantshandicapes.com/en/ Altergo - People with Disabilities in Action http://www.altergo.net/en/index.html |
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| Other | |
| Learning Disabilities Association of Canada http://www.ldac-acta.ca/ The Centre for Literacy of Quebec http://www.centreforliteracy.qc.ca/ Canadian Abilities Foundation http://www.abilities.ca/ Société Logique - promotion, development and creation of universally accessible environments http://www.societelogique.org/dev/contenu/?page=bienvenue&langue=en Montreal Families - links to special needs resources for children http://www.montrealfamilies.ca/special.htm United Nations Acts Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities http://www.un.org/disabilities/ Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/index.aspx Americans with Disabilities Act http://www.ada.gov Disability.gov - Links to United States federal web sites and other web sites with disability-related information http://www.disability.gov/ |
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| A selection of books in our library: | |
| Barrier-Free Travel:
a Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers by Candy B. Harrington |
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| Knack Universal
Design: a Step-by-Step Guide to Modifying Your Home for Comfortable, Accessible
Living by Barbara Krueger and Nika Stewart |
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| Living with Hearing
Difficulties: the Process of Enablement by Dafydd Stephens and Sophia Kramer |
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| Overcoming Macular
Degeneration: a Guide to Seeing Beyond the Clouds by Yale Solomon with Jonathan D. Solomon |
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| Inclusion Strategies
for Young Children: a Resource Guide for Teachers, Child Care Providers,
and Parents by Lorraine O. Moore |
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| From Learning Disabled
to Enabled: a Mother's Journey to Find an Effective Way to Teach Reading
to her Daughter and the Children she Teaches by Wendy Crick |
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| Assistive Technology
in Special Education and Rehabilitation by Susan Sze and Peter Cowden |
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| Design Meets Disability by Graham Pullin |
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| The Illustrated
Guide to Assistive Technology and Devices: Tools and Gadgets for Living
Independently by Suzanne Robitaille |
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| The 6 Success Factors
for Children with Learning Disabilities: Ready-to-use Activities to Help
Kids with LD Succeed in School and in Life by the Frostig Center |
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| DVDs in our library: | |
