Hello and welcome to the newest online resource and directory for amputees in Canada and around the world. I have put together a collection of Canadian and International links to amputee and disability related web sites to provide quick access to some of the best amputee resources available.

We work to increase awareness about anxiety disorders; promote education of the general public, affected persons, and health care providers; and increase access to evidence-based resources and treatments.

Bridges to the Future (Bridges) is a community-based resource developed to support any youth in B.C. between the ages of 15 and 24 with physical disabilities.
Every youth faces challenges when moving from adolescence into adulthood. Youth that have physical disabilities face increased barriers during this transition, and support systems can be numbered and daunting for youth and their families to access. Bridges was developed to close the gap between services for children with physical disabilities and services for adults with physical disabilities. Bridges transcends this division by assisting and empowering youth with necessary skills to move forward into adulthood independently as possible.

The BC Aphasia Centre is a place of understanding and hope for people with aphasia, their families and friends. We believe that people with aphasia have a lot to say and deserve to be heard. Aphasia is a poorly understood invisible communication disability that affects a person's ability to speak, understand speech, read or write.

The BC Association for Community Living advocates for people with developmental disabilities, and for their families.  Acts as a resource for local associations throughout BC that provide educational workshops, publications, resources and advocacy.  Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday

To broaden awareness about ataxia among the
medical community and the general public;
and to provide support for those living with ataxia

British Columbians who are blind, visually impaired, deaf blind, or are blind/visually impaired and have additional disabilities will experience the enjoyment of achieving a healthy active lifestyle through participation in physical activity, physical education, recreation, outdoor pursuits, and sport at their chosen level.

Our Mission is to provide community based services that enhance the quality of life of children, youth, and adults with disabilities, and their families, in ways that facilitate and build competencies and foster inclusion in all aspects of life.
The Centre is housed in a fully accessible building in Vancouver, with regional offices in Richmond and the North Shore. The Centre offers lending libraries for therapeutic toys, equipment, books and video tapes; an adaptive computer lab and software for assessment and testing; and a family resource centre with information for families and caregivers.

Our mandate is to raise public and political awareness of issues that concern us. We hope, through our work, to facilitate the full participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of society and to promote independence

Our goal at the ILRC is to provide information, referral, peer support, skills training, and advocacy to people with disabilities throughout the BC Interior. We do not presume to understand all of the issues and complexities that you may be dealing with in your daily lives, but whatever your issues we are here to support, encourage and advocate on your behalf.

The society's mandate is to support children with disabilities throughout British Columbia by providing programs and services designed specifically to promote self-esteem and self-confidence.

To provide education and support to people affected by lupus; to create awareness of lupus; and to support advances in the treatment and research.

The BC Paraplegic Association provides the support counted on by thousands of BC residents with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities to enable their transition from hospital care to the community.

The British Columbia Mobility Opportunities Society is an independent, charitable society dedicated to enriching the lives of people with significant disabilities through challenging wilderness recreation activities.

Our mission is to support people with disabilities through education, research, arts, recreation and wellness programs. We celebrate and support people with disabilities in their determined efforts to strive towards their own form of independence.

A province-wide family support system with 34 Branches, 14 Regional Coordinators, 3 Program Coordinators and over 1600 members who are dedicated to supporting each other, educating the public, raising funds for research, and advocating for better services for people with schizophrenia and other serious and persistent mental illness.

Our Mission: To provide individuals with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to enrich their lives and celebrate personal achievement through positive sports experiences.

Therapeutic Recreation is a process that utilizes treatment, education and recreation participation to enable persons with physical, cognitive, emotional and/or social limitations to acquire and/or maintain the skills, knowledge and behaviours that will allow them to enjoy their leisure optimally, function independently with the least amount of assistance and participate as fully as possible in society. Therapeutic Recreation intervention is provided by trained professionals in clinical and/or community settings.

We are devoted to providing opportunities for athletes with physical disabilities. Since being founded in 1971, we have worked to provide access to quality programs for athletes with disabilities. This has always been our focus and continues to be what drives us.

Our intent is to create an inclusive, grass roots organization founded and driven by disabled individuals that is free from obligation and bias as a result of politics or specific interests. Our Goal is to provide a voice for all disabilities and conditions, educate our population and provide advocacy.

Providing one to one volunteer outreach services to help seniors with disabilities stay independent in their own homes in the municipality of Victoria, BC.

To raise awareness of Cerebral Palsy in the community; To assist those living with Cerebral Palsy to reach their maximum potential; To work to see those living with Cerebral Palsy realize their place as equals within a diverse society.

The Chilliwack Society for Community Living, as a network of progressive, dedicated people, will provide quality, individualized services for people with developmental disabilities, and will support them in the pursuit of their personal goals by offering program options and family support as part of an interdependent community.

Coast is a co-operative community that provides high quality supported housing, employment programs, social opportunities and other community mental health services for people with a serious and persistent mental illness.

Community Living BC (CLBC) delivers support and services to people with developmental disabilities, children with special needs and their families in B.C. It has a board of self-advocates, family and community members, as well as staff located throughout the province. We believe that people with developmental disabilities and their families know best when it comes to their needs, goals and planning for the future.

CONNEC TRA SOCIETY is dedicated to encouraging and enabling people with physical disabilities to contribute to their communities by fostering community support and establishing relationships that reward personally and financially.Our goal is to connect people with physical disabilities to the community at large on a number of levels. Individuals and businesses get involved to encourage and support our participants with opportunities that help them to pursue interests and realize ambitions.

CNIB is the primary source of support, information and most importantly, hope, for all Canadians affected by vision loss.
We are recognized experts in vision health and have been making a profound difference in the lives of Canadians since 1918.
At CNIB it is well understood that there are ways to enjoy a good quality of life for any of us experiencing vision loss, and important preventive steps we can all take to maintain vision health.

The Deaf Children’s Society of BC offers a family centered approach to support deaf and hard of hearing children and their families by improving the ability of the family to develop and advocate for opportunities to maximize their child’s development.
•    We operate a pre-school with qualified American Sign Language trained instructors.
•    For Parents and guardians. We offer counselling, library, newsletters, and social events.
•    For Educators and relevant professionals. We offer books, videos, and other teaching materials specifically catered for deaf and hard of hearing children.

The opportunity to participate in recreational activities like gardening is fundamental to the personal growth and development of all individuals. By nurturing and caring for plants and flowers, people feel needed, develop skills, build self-confidence, learn and grow. The prospect of pursuing their passion for gardening is a possibility that many people with disabilities never imagined possible because of the many physical barriers. DIGA works to remove those barriers.

The Disabled Sailing Association is an independent, charitable society dedicated to enriching the lives of people with significant disabilities through leisure and competitive sailing.
Find out how you can
donate your boat through the Boat Donation Program!
or for complete details call
Stephen Hunter
604-688-6464 #132
Boat Donation Program Coordinator (Acting)

 

The Disability Foundation exists to help people with significant disabilities achieve full citizenship in the community. Created through the initiative of quadriplegic Sam Sullivan, the Disability Foundation's six affiliated societies are: BC Mobility Opportunities Society, ConnecTra Society, Disabled Independent Gardeners Association, Disabled Sailing Association, Tetra Society of North America and Vancouver Adapted Music Society. The activities and programs these societies offer help improve the lives of people with disabilities not only in the Lower Mainland and BC, but across North America and around the world.

Our Mission
To empower people with disabilities to participate in the life of the whole community to the level of their desires and abilities by providing information, resources, support and by increasing community awareness.

Down Syndrome Research Foundation

Founded by parents of deaf children, Family Network for Deaf Children (FNDC) offers workshops, videos, and a newsletter and information bulletins supporting and providing information to parents of Deaf and hard-of-hearing children and the communities that support them.

Provides services that enhance the quality of life of children with disabilities and their families through direct therapy, early intervention, family support, and community education.

Friends For Life provides support to people confronting the daily challenges of living with life-threatening illness, as well as help for their families and caregivers. Our aim is to promote wellness and minimize the need for institutional care.

To enable children and adults with Autism and other Pervasive Developmental Disorders to reach their greatest potential. It is our role to provide quality individualized services in partnership with the people we serve, their families, advocates, communities and government.

The mission of Greater Vancouver Community Services Society is to support, through the delivery of services in our facilities or in the community, the independence and well being of the elderly, people with disabilities, and those individuals disadvantaged by financial, physical and psychosocial conditions.

Dedicated to providing adults with disabilities the right to self-determination, dignity, and freedom of choice. We provide specialized and personal day programming and residential home care for clients with physical, developmental and/or medical needs. Today we provide Residential, Day program and Assisted Independent Living services to adults with acquired brain injury, developmental, physical and medical health care needs.

s to enhance, empower and support, both collectively and individually, every challenged person to achieve his or her potential and to access and enjoy the same opportunities, rights, responsibilities and quality of life as an equal member in our community.

A non-profit community organization committed to fostering the full potential of persons with learning disabilities.

Mainstream provides forty-plus residential programs, and over 28 day programs to 450-plus mentally and/or physically challenged children, youth, adults, seniors and their families in BC. Mainstream's Board, membership and staff believe in our clients, rights to rich, productive lives. We aim to assist clients in achieving the substance of this belief.

Muscular Dystrophy Canada is about people. In fact, people are the muscle behind the organization. People are the reason we do what we do, and the means by which we are able to continue doing those things. Firefighters, volunteers, chapters, staff, and of course, all those people who give us the motivation to keep pushing, pulling, and continue to be that muscle.

Our mission is to provide quality therapeutic riding instruction and facilities for people with physical, mental, emotional, or social challenges, either life-long or situational in nature. Through contact with a horse, a certified instructor and trained volunteers, we hope to enhance the quality of their life and therefore promote personal well-being.

OUR VISION: A community where all people with disabilities have equal opportunities to lead active fulfilling lives and are recognized as contributing members of the community. Today, the Association remains committed to assisting both children and adults who have a disability or developmental delay to reach their maximum potential.

The North Shore Disability Resource Centre provides programs and services based on the belief that all people are important to their community. We work to ensure that people with disabilities, along with their families and friends, can participate actively as members of the community. We are committed to working toward a community that is free of physical, financial and attitudinal barriers.

PADS dogs are the heart of our program: they are the reason we exist at all. PADS dogs are specially trained to aid people with physical disabilities or who are deaf or hard of hearing and are also placed with professional caregivers who work in long term care facilities and group homes.

Pacific Riding for Developing Abilities is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people with a wide range of disabilities. PRDA is recognized as a leader in providing therapeutic equestrian activities and educational oppor­tunities in an environment that is safe, fun and effective.

Our mission is to identify a broad spectrum of human needs on the Semiahmoo Peninsula and beyond and respond to them in a creative, caring and fiscally responsible way. This is achieved by providing information, services, advocacy and working with other individuals, groups and organizations.   Semiahmoo House Society (Local:Surrey, BC)

Building awareness expanding opportunities and providing support Through programs and services that respect diversity and independence.

PLAN's mission is to help families secure the future for their relative with a disability and to provide you with peace of mind. This means ending isolation and loneliness, creating financial security, enabling everyone to make a contribution, ensuring choice, and creating genuine homes.

To provide a quality therapeutic riding program for children and youth with disabilities in order to promote physical, social and psychological well being.

Our mission is to identify a broad spectrum of human needs on the Semiahmoo Peninsula and beyond and respond to them in a creative, caring and fiscally responsible way. This is achieved by providing information, services, advocacy and working with other individuals, groups and organizations.   Semiahmoo House Society (Local:Surrey, BC)

The Society for Disability Arts and Culture will present and produce works by artists with disabilities and will promote artistic excellence among artists with disabilities workingin a variety of disciplines. "Disability arts" is a new community, discovering what we have in common, where our voices intersect, how we speak. It is a heady experience."

A post-adoption service in British Columbia committed to assisting special needs adoptive families, professionals and the community through support, information and education.

SportAbility is committed to providing recreation and sport opportunities for athletes with disabilities. Opportunities include recreational/skill development programs, competitive clubs, and regional competitions.

Our mission is to inspire others to share in the achievement of big dreams that accelerate improvements in the quality of life of people with spinal cord injury and bringing people together to create new solutions and new dreams.

RSCL provides community based programs and supports for children with special needs and adults who have a developmental disability.

Infant Development | Supported Child Development
Treehouse early Learning Centre
Youth Connections | Adult Day Programs
Adult Residential Options
Respite | Family Support

Provides services and support for individuals with special needs and their families and advocates on their behalf. Through committed leadership and guidance, we create an inclusive, safe, caring community that values dignity and choices. As you step through this web site, you will learn more about the programs and services offered by the Association. You will also learn of the kinds of opportunities that exist for you to support the agency - from volunteerism to fundraising.

The Centre for Child Development is operated by the Lower Fraser Valley Cerebral Palsy Association, an organization that has been providing services for children with special needs and their families for over 50 years. The Centre is a regional children's medical rehabilitation facility that provides services to 1,800 children with special needs and their families in Delta, Surrey, South Surrey, White Rock and Langley.

Tetra recognizes that people are not handicapped by their disabilities but by obstacles or barriers in their living environment. Volunteer engineers, design technicians, and health professional's work one to one with their clients to make assistive aids or modifications to their environment so that greater independence can be achieved. This site offers a sampling of the projects we have completed.

THEO BC provides training, education and job placement services to British Columbians so that they may achieve employment, independence and personal growth. Our programs serve the mental health and disabled communities and people in need of employment-related assistance or training.

Our mandate is to provide ongoing community information dissemination, referral services, counseling support, educational and employment training to people with disabilities - where the person's primary disability is physical, or he/she has a learning disability or mental disorder (not mental illness). TEP is probably best known in the community for its Disability Seminars on "Rebates, Refunds, Discounts and Services".

Triumph Vocational Services is a voluntary employment program for persons with disabilities who are interested in expanding their life and work skills and finding a job. Triumph offers Pre-Employment and Planning & Employment Services, which corresponds with each person’s vocational experience.
Triumph Vocational Services programs are offered jointly by WCG International HR Solutions and Back in Motion Rehabilitation. Our teams include Registered Rehabilitation Professionals, Vocational Coaches, Job Developers, Psychologists, Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists.

The opportunity to participate in recreational and educational activities, including music, is fundamental to the personal growth and development of all individuals. These pursuits are vehicles of creative expression and allow people to develop skills, build self-confidence, and showcase their talents.
VAMS has introduced hundreds of adults and children with disabilities to opportunities that provide an outlet for creativity and musical expression. In addition to providing the skills and equipment necessary to enhance quality of life through music composition, performance and creation, VAMS encourages the development of positive self-image and goal setting

Supports adults with all sorts of invisible disabilities, including learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, Asperger's Syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, and mental illness. Our wide variety of services supports adults with invisible disabilities make the transition to independent living, employment, basic and higher education, and to developing long term relationships and sustained friendships.

The Children's Charity are the people that make it all happen. From the hard-working board of directors and staff to the dedicated members and volunteers - these individuals take pride in their roles in making life brighter for BC's children with special needs.

WIDHH strives to offer high quality services to Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing individuals through innovative products, services, and programs that help to promote accessibility equal to that of the hearing public.

Our main focus to provide Access Information for the disabled to become more active and enjoy Whistler with less frustrations! Providing opportunities for people with disabilities and their families to take part in the many recreation activities Whistler has to offer as well as logistical support by working with various companies to achieve those goals.

S.A.F.E in B.C. dedicates its resources to reducing the burden of suffering caused by self- abuse. The services are available to all adolescents and adults without discrimination, recognising that people with differing ages and backgrounds may need different approaches to healing.
We Offer: Therapeutic services directly to those who self-abuse and their families and friends. Training to professionals who may meet people who self-abuse in the course of their work.
We develop programs and tools to facilitate our vision of help to those confronted with the problem of self-abuse.
“Self-abuse is defined as repeated episodes of non-lethal self-inflicted injuries and overdoses.