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'Awareness - Action - Accountability': a strategy for citizens living with a disability in New Brunswick  Recommends that the Government of New Brunswick and community stakeholders adopt and implement inclusive policies in all activities in order to enable people with disabilities to reach their full potential. Includes a chart underlining the old and new approaches to disability issues and highlights the major challenges. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Premier's Council on the Status of Disabled Persons (New Brunswick) 'Many roads to one place': the effects of parent support groups for parents of children with special needs (condensed version)  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 A caregiver's handbook for advanced-stage Huntington Disease  Provides a handbook of information to familiarize families and professional caregivers of people with advance-staged Huntington Disease. Includes general principles of care and tips that other caregivers have found helpful. Explores symptoms and what is expected in disease progression. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Huntington Society of Canada (HSC) A good long life  Recommends the principles of healthy eating and active living for longevity in aging adults with Down syndrome. Source: Down Syndrome Research Foundation and Resource Centre (DSRF) A parent's handbook: your guide to autism funding programs  Describes what autism is. Outlines what to do when a child is diagnosed with autism and the services that are available in British Columbia. Provides information about autism funding for children under the age of 6 and between the ages of 6-18. Source: British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development A physician's guide to the management of Huntington Disease  Provides information about Huntington Disease for physicians. Explains that patients and families may benefit greatly from an accurate diagnosis, prognosis, education and support. Identifies what patients might experience during the early, middle, and advanced stages of the disease. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Huntington Society of Canada (HSC) A picture of health  Promotes the use of 'creative arts' therapies in improving the quality of life for those with specific mental and physical problems. Lists the various forms of creative arts and argues that they can achieve positive changes in the mental, physical, and emotional, and spiritual health of all Canadians in general. Source: Canadian Health Network (CHN) From: Magazine feature of the month: archives A range of effective interventions and treatments  Outlines what generally makes an effective education and treatment plan for people living with autism. Provides a list of typical interventions. Source: Autism Society Canada A study on the impact of independent living resource centres in Canada  Summarizes a study which examined the impact that independent living resource centres have on the community and on individuals with disabilities who use the centres. Source: Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres (CAILC) Abilities Foundation of Nova Scotia  Aims to assist individuals living with a disability in Nova Scotia improve their quality of life. Services include a job skills training facility, assistive devices, mobile medical clinics, and a physically accessible camp. Source: Abilities Foundation of Nova Scotia
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