Brain Injury Resources

ADLER … see Learning Disabilities (Persons living with)

Ontario Brain Injury Association
http://www.obia.on.ca
This organization seems to be an “information and linking” organization for services and other organizations to persons living with this disability. It is linked to the … Caregiver Information Support Link (CISL) which describes itself thusly:

The Ontario Brain Injury Association's (OBIA's) Caregiver Information Support Link (CISL) is a program, supported by the Ministry of Health, donations and other fundraising activities, to assist persons living with the effects of injury to the brain. This FREE service offers support, empowerment, advocacy and education to survivors, family members and friends. Our staff assists with issues such as rehabilitation, long-term care, housing and employment and may involve auto insurance, disability benefits, worker's compensation benefits, etc.

Community Head Injury Resource Services of Toronto (CHIRS)
http://www.chirs.com
(Helps to find and maintain employment)
Community Head Injury Resource Services (CHIRS), formerly known as Ashby House, started in 1978 as the first community-based brain injury rehabilitation program in North America. From its origins as a transitional group home, CHIRS has evolved into a multi-service agency that provides a broad range of services to a clientele with diverse and complex needs. CHIRS services are organized into two distinct components that, when viewed together, form the basis of a comprehensive model of service delivery. Residential services offer supported living opportunities that range from 24-hour supervision to supported independent living. The day service program, Ashby Community Support Services (ACSS), provides intermittent support to those individuals who are able to live more independently or are being supported by family in the community, as well as providing productive, meaningful day activity for all CHIRS clients.

CHIRS is a registered not-for-profit charitable organization primarily funded by the Ministry of Health – Long Term Care Division. Recently, CHIRS participated in a vigorous review process resulting in accreditation by the Canadian Council of Health Services Accreditation (CCHSA). The agency was assessed against national standards set by the CCHSA in collaboration with the health care community and related stakeholders. 

Persons Living with Intellectual Disabilities

Canadian Association for Community Living
http://www.cacl.ca
The Canadian Association for Community Living is a Canada-wide association of family members and others working for the benefit of persons of all ages who have an intellectual disability. Founded in 1958 by parents of children with intellectual disabilities who wanted supports and services within the community instead of in institutions, CACL has become one of Canada's ten largest charitable organizations, and has grown into a federation of 10 provincial and three territorial associations comprising 420 local associations and over 40,000 members. The CACL Board endorsed six key roles for the organization to play:

1. Support to individuals and families - information, networking support, referral, a forum to share concerns and aspirations, consultations, recognizing and validating experiences of individuals and families, fostering links among ACLs and broader family movement.
2. Fostering supportive and inclusive communities - securing resources for national initiatives, providing information, sharing best practices, promoting leadership development across community sectors, identifying common issues, coordinating policy advocacy.
3. Strengthening a family and community living movement both nationally and globally - providing links within and beyond ACLs, information sharing, collaborative policy advocacy, resources for national and selected global initiatives, strengthening capacities for values discussions, leadership development, and active support to Inclusion Interamericana and Inclusion International.
4. Building solidarity and public awareness - raising awareness, establishing forums for Canadians to witness and hear the experiences and aspirations of individuals and families, public education, links with allied social movements, communication about our beliefs, values, and commitments, coordinated media strategies.
5. Brokering knowledge development and information dissemination for inclusion - establishing links with key sectors - medical, legal, education, post-secondary, employers - to develop/distribute information resources, and to develop knowledge and leadership in the sector.
6. Promoting inclusive public policy - providing national policy advocacy role to advance our human rights and inclusion agenda, establishing national policy on priority issues, promoting public policy research and development, monitoring public policy, providing information about experiences and outcomes for individuals and families to help hold governments accountable.