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Calgary-based non-profit organization and registered charity with a mandate to create opportunities for safe, affordable, barrier-free housing for people experiencing mobility problems.
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To foster family leadership and advocacy in the pursuit
of fully inclusive community lives for children and adults
with developmental disabilities.
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The primary purpose of the AAD is to promote equal rights
for Deaf Albertans while endeavoring to improve the quality
of life for Deaf people in general.
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Our sole mandate is the well-being of the family caregiver. To that end we offer information, education, support and advocacy for the benefit of family caregivers.
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ACCD is a consumer-directed organization that actively
promotes full participation in society for Albertans with
disabilities.
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ACDS provides support to rehabilitation service providers
of community-based services for people with disabilities.
The goal is to ensure quality service delivery for clients.
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With community support and collaboration, Alberta Easter
Seals provides resources and services that enhance the quality
of life for individuals and their families with disabilities
and special needs.
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The ANMH is a provincial organization that strives to
improve the quality of life of mental health consumers in
Alberta through the encouragement of self help/mutual aid
and the promotion of "self respect through achievement".
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In the Alberta/Northwest Territories division, our mission
is to improve the quality of life for people affected by
arthritis, and to support proactive efforts directed toward
prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and a cure for arthritis.
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The Autism Society of Edmonton Area (ASEA) is dedicated
to the promotion of quality of life for people with Autism
Spectrum Disorders and their families. Our educational resources,
advocacy, and structured social opportunities are a benefit
to families and professionals and make a significant contribution
to our community.
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The Autism Society of Edmonton Area (ASEA) is a parent-based, charitable society, begun by parents in 1971, to create a school for their children with autism.
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BIAA is an advocacy group that supports brain injury survivors,
their families, caregivers and professionals. BIAA promotes
the meaningful participation of people who are affected
by Acquired Brain Injury in their community and to promote
prevention of brain injury in the province of Alberta.
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The CCB is a national self-help consumer organization
"of" persons who are blind, deaf-blind and visually
impaired.
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CDBRA is committed to assisting all persons who are Deafblind
to achieve, through Intervention, the best quality of life.
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To ensure equitable opportunities for all Canadians with
Down Syndrome. This means, to make sure all Canadians with
Down Syndrome have the right to supports to give them the
same opportunities that everyone else has.
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The Alberta Division of the Canadian Mental Health Association
is part of a nation-wide charitable organization that promotes
the mental health of all and supports the resilience and
recovery of those experiencing mental illness.
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To assist persons with spinal cord injuries and other
physical disabilities to achieve independence, self reliance
and full community participation.
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Catholic Social Services is a multi-function social service
agency that serves people of all faiths and cultures throughout
central and northeast Alberta.
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Supporting and enriching the lives of people affected
by cerebral palsy.
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Chrysalis delivers personalized services resulting in
community access, individual autonomy and self-sufficiency.
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Connect Society of Edmonton exists to help Deaf and Hard
of Hearing individuals and their families to fully participate
in society.
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DECSA envisions a society where all people are valued,
respected, and have the opportunity to work to full potential.
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In Edmonton and the surrounding area, collaborative efforts
build community capacity to promote FASD awareness, prevention
and services for families. This network includes a formal
structure of committees that develop plans and implement
strategies.
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EmployAbilities promotes and enhances employment and learning
opportunities for persons with disabilities.
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FASS promotes and facilitates education, prevention, intervention,
diagnosis and/or assessment, care and supports from birth
to death of persons affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
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Goodwill Industries of Alberta is an independent member
of Goodwill Industries International - founder of the mission
to give "a hand up not a hand out" to people with
barriers to employment. Here in Alberta we carry out that
mission by providing services to individuals with disabilities.
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The Independent Living Resource Centre of Calgary (ILRCC)
is a consumer controlled, cross disability, community-based,
non-profit organization that is committed to promoting and
enabling all persons with disabilities to make informed
choices about their lives and to achieve their own level
of independence. We believe in the right of people to equal
opportunity, accessibility and full participation in the
community.
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Kidney health and improved lives for all people affected
by kidney disease.
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The mission of the Learning disabilities Association of
Alberta is to support people with learning disabilities
so they can develop to their full potential.
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The Lupus Society provides education and support on lupus
issues and enables research to find a cure.
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To be a leader in finding a cure for multiple sclerosis
and enabling people affected by MS to enhance their quality
of life.
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Muscular Dystrophy Canada strives to ensure that people
with neuromuscular disorders lead full and engaged lives
by providing services that increase mobility and encourage
independence.
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NABIS provides a continuum of services to people affected by acquired brain injury including: support, service coordination, information, referral, leisure / recreation and advocacy.
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To assist individuals to maximize their independence by
offering a continuum of skill development opportunities.
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Through the provision of self-employment skill development
and entrepreneurship support, Opportunity Works strives
to improve the standard of living of persons who identify
themselves as mental health consumers.
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PLAN Edmonton is a family directed organization that assists families to build a circle of friends for a family member who is isolated or is at risk of being isolated due to disability, living arrangement, limited opportunities, society's perception or other circumstances.
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The Parkinson's Society of Alberta is dedicated to
serving Albertans living with Parkinson's. Our goal
is to ease the burden by educating, supporting, advocating
and promoting research.
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PSSA is dedicated to helping people and families of Southern Alberta who live with Parkinson’s and related disorders.
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The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta's mission is
to alleviate the suffering caused by schizophrenia and other
related illnesses.
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Self Advocacy Federation
The SAF is a young grassroots organization, that came together initially because they believe in making a better world, helping the community understand that people with developmental disabilities are good a valuable citizens, and helping make Edmonton a better place to live.
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Improving the quality of life for people affected by Spina
Bifida through advocacy, research and education.
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The Steadward Centre provides maximum opportunities for
Albertans with a disability to enhance their physical and
mental well-being through individually prescribed and group
programs of physical activity, fitness-related medical interventions
and psychological services.
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VoicePrint: the non-profit, 24/7 audio newsstand that broadcasts
top stories — international, national, regional and
local — from more than 600 Canadian newspapers and
magazines into 8 million homes.
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