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CCPSA @CP_SportCanada Happy Holidays from The Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association & Boccia Canada! ... We will see you all in the New Year!! https://www.jibjab.com//42ac56f9-d51f-4c12-876d-0ba8380ff4

CASDA Last week CASDA had the pleasure of participating in the Exploring Neurodiveristy in Employment conversation in partnership with Ryerson University You can watch the full conversation here: https://youtu.be/ojc8vPn-iIA... #investingininclusion See more

Check out this SURVEY ABOUT REWARDING AND CHALLENGING EXPERIENCES WITH YOUR NEURODIVERSE CHILD Takes 30 minutes... Online survey Chance to win $100! Highly confidential Funded by Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR), and IWK Health Centre Participate now: [https://redcap.ualberta.ca/surveys/?s=FRTCNX7FTR](https://redcap.ualberta.ca/surveys/?s=FRTCNX7FTR)

The origins of Remarkable go back to a global competition that sparked the development of a solar powered wheelchair and an Australian first hackathon event called Enabled by Design-athon organised by Cerebral Palsy Alliance in 2014 in partnership with the University of Technology Sydney and FutureGov. Telstra Foundation were in attendance at the design-athon and out of this came a partnership that started out as Life Labs and became known as Remarkable which launched in Ap...ril 2016. Remarkable is a division of Cerebral Palsy Alliance and is funded by Principal Partner icare Foundation and with support from Telstra Foundation and Microsoft. OUR MISSION To harness the power of technological innovation for driving inclusion of people with disability. CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE Cerebral Palsy Alliance is an organization that provides family-centered therapies, life skills programs, equipment and support for people living with cerebral palsy and their families. https://remarkable.org.au/about-us/

DECEMBER 2020 group programs (in virtual space), is open for registration for children, youth and adults with disabilities! Programs include recreational and in...dependent skill mastery opportunities: *RECREATION programs (ages 5-11, ages 12-15 and 16+) $15.00 *BUILD IT WORKSHOPS (ages 12-16, ages 16-17 and 18+) $20-$25.00 To register or for more information including program descriptions, call us at 1-877-855-7070 or [email protected] recrespite.com/virtual-services/

"Priority for COVID-19 vaccine must include those with intellectual and developmental disabilities" RSC COVID-19 working group - CHILD-BRIGHT Director Annette Majnemer and Strongest Families ND Principal Investigator Patrick McGrath, in collaboration with members of the Royal Society of Canada COVID-19 working group, recently penned a piece in the Globe & Mail to share their recommendations relating to vaccine priority for individuals with intellectual and developmental disa...bilities. Several CHILD-BRIGHT members are part of the working group, including Chantal Camden, Yona Lunsky, Steven Miller, Donna Thomson, and Jennifer Zwicker. Read the piece here: https://rsc-src.ca//priority-for-covid-19-vaccine-must-inc

What happens when someone in our care who is neuro diverse dreams of one day being married? It is one of the most privileged of roles we can play to support som...eone in living their life to the fullest and experiencing their dreams. As care workers and front-line staff, how can we play an active role in supporting those in our care to build friendships and relationships? Try not to judge and observe your expectations Talk to the individual what do they want, what do they know, what are their expectations what information or skills gaps do they have? Support them in having an active social life with friends all along the neuro-diverse spectrum. Identify social skills that they may need to succeed. Find more tools and resources over at mylifemybody.org

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Cure for diabetes? University of Alberta researchers believe they've found one.

UNICEF Canada created an infographic that explains children's rights using child-friendly language. #NationalChildDay Read the resource here: http://ow.ly/2RD550Cp77f