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'Many roads to one place': the effects of parent support groups for parents of children with special needs (condensed version)
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Describes the benefits of support groups for parents of children with disabilities. Analyzes several groups who participated in research about those with special needs. Reveals that the perceived effects are very similar and the groups' styles, functions, and methods to achieve these effects are quite diverse.
- Source: CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
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Abuse help lines
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Provides access to contact information for emergency services, help lines, safe shelters, and counselling and support services for communities across Saskatchewan.
- Source: Provincial Association of Transition Houses of Saskatchewan (PATHS)
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Acoustic Neuroma Association of Canada
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Provides peer support and information to individuals with acoustic neuromas or other tumours affecting the cranial nerves. Promotes early diagnosis through public education. Website includes a message board for members and information on treatment options.
- Source: Acoustic Neuroma Association of Canada (ANAC)
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Across Boundaries
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Provides a range of supports and services to people from various ethnoracial communities with serious mental health problems in Toronto. Operates within an anti-racism framework to promote equity and access. Web site includes descriptions of programs and services, resources, and links to related sites.
- Source: Across Boundaries
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Advocates for Males Victimized by Sexual Abuse
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Promotes awareness of male sexual abuse, and works to implement effective community strategies to eliminate the abuse and its harmful effects. Lists FAQs, services and community resources.
- Source: Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)
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Africans in Partnership Against HIV/AIDS
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Offers culturally-appropriate programs and services to reduce the spread of HIV within African communities of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), with a special focus on education and support for women and families. Arranges interpreter services in a dozen African languages.
- Source: Africans in Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (APAA)
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Age and Opportunity
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Offers programs and services to enhance the physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual lives of older adults as well as actively promoting participation in all aspects of community life. Website provides access to regional services and activities for seniors and includes the Winnipeg Seniors Housing Directory.
- Source: Age and Opportunity
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Agencies that help families where there is violence
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Lists agencies, including shelters, that provide family violence related services in Alberta.
- Source: Legal Resource Centre
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AIDS Committee of Ottawa
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Provides free, confidential, practical support services to people infected with and/or affected by HIV/AIDS in the greater Ottawa region. Works to reduce the spread of HIV through education and the proactive distribution of materials and resources.
- Source: AIDS Committee of Ottawa
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AIDS Saint John
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Seeks to improve the quality of life of those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS by reducing the spread of HIV through education, public awareness, support, and advocacy. Provides information about HIV/AIDS, HIV testing, and harm reduction, as well as a needle exchange program. Lists educational and support services, including counselling.
- Source: AIDS Saint John
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