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Community Collaborations Create an Inclusive Camp Experience

July 10

Camp Ekon hosts campers from across Canada and around the world and it is only a short drive from Parry Sound on the shores of Lake Joseph.  It is a Jesuit philosophy-based camp that has been partnering with Community Living Parry Sound for many years. Camp Ekon has its own program to teach young people […]

What is Inclusion? Does it Work?

July 8

The 2015 Community Living Bursary Recipient: Jordan Harry

July 2

Every year the Parry Sound High School delivers the Community Living Parry Sound (CLPS) Bursary award to a deserving student.  This year we are proud to announce that the winner is Jordan Harry. The CLPS Bursary is awarded to a graduating student who has worked to promote community inclusion and remove barriers often faced by […]

How to Live, Not Just Survive, With an Intellectual Disability

June 23

Jun 18, 2015 Posted by DANIEL SHARE-STROM, Community Living Ontario There is a clear difference between helping a person with an intellectual disability to stay alive and helping them to live. That mindset has driven the career of Michael Kendrick, a sought-after writer, public speaker, service evaluator, and consultant on the topic of helping people […]

My Courageous Little Man By Carrie Shurr

June 16

Reprinted with the permission of CURRENT, The Magazine of the Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Ontario from their Spring 2015 edition With big brown eyes wise beyond his years, my ten year old son Steven has a positive attitude we could all learn from. You would never know he lives with the challenges of […]

Rori Bears the Torch for Victory

June 10

Former Victory School student Rori Brownley was chosen to carry the torch for the spectacular 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto because he is a champion. Rori loves two things in life, sports and helping children at school, and he is great at both. Rori is living his dream.  He actively participates in competitive sporting […]

Celebrating Community Living with the story and video of Julian

May 29

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdmWwafibSo&feature=youtu.be

Living in Community

May 1

Have you ever thought about what your life would be like if you had been born with a developmental disability?  Not likely, why would you? Families and people who support those with developmental disabilities think about the people they love and support every day; but I never did because I never had to. Not really. […]