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A History of CLPS

When I was hired by Community Living Parry Sound in 2013 I jumped right into a project that was mid-stride. I had little time to ask about how the Community Living movement had started or evolved. Moved by a strong desire to play a part in fulfilling the organization’s mission I just got to work.This […]

Looking for Home

Randy is 23 years old and was born in Toronto. At the age of four he was placed in foster care outside the city. The foster family that took Randy in looked after him for twelve years. When foster children must share a bedroom, as Randy did in the home he grew up in, regulations […]

Music with No Barriers

By Susan HayAnchor/Producer music http://globalnews.ca/news/1681229/program-gives-those-with-disabilities-the-chance-to-produce-music/ TORONTO- Music Without Barriers is a program that provides those who have physical, financial and cognitive barriers the chance to express themselves through music. Adrian Moody is a Toronto based musician, producer, and the co-founder of Music Without Barriers and said the program is about “collaborating with a community of people that have […]

What is a Family Home Provider?

Most people understand what foster homes are, but many people have never heard of a Family Home Provider. Family Home Providers welcome people with a developmental disability into their homes and into their families. When matched with a fitting candidate, becoming a Family Home Provider can be a remarkable opportunity to experience immense new joy […]

New Passport guidelines are here

Developmental Services Spotlight on transformation What can I use Passport direct funding for? www.mcss.gov.on.ca_documents_en_mcss_publications_spotlight_DS-Spotlight_issue42_en

The Issue: Where is Home?

It is a part of the vision of Community Living Ontario that all persons “have access to decent and appropriate homes which they are able to call their own.” Home is a word that means more than “where we live”; it means a place where we like to be, a place where we find rest, […]

Steven Takes Flight

Nine year old Steven Shurr is scheduled for an MRI that will most likely send him back for surgery to remove scarring from his tethered spinal cord. Every surgery Steven endures involves serious risks to his health. Keith and Nicole Saulnier of Georgian Bay Airways delivered a gift certificate to the Shurr family […]

Superheroes

Steven Shurr of Parry Sound is still basking in his success as the Miracle Network kid. He is one of the top contenders for having raised the most money, over $8,000 for Sick Kids Hospital, selling Blizzards at D.Q. this summer. He is without a doubt a very special person who has courageously faced his […]

CLPS holds Annual General Meeting 2014

Save the Date and RSVP! Wednesday, September 17th, at Wellington’s Pub and Grill, CLPS will hold its Annual General Meeting at a breakfast meeting for all stakeholders. Please let us know if you will be attending this years AGM so we can reserve your seat at the table.

50 years on L’Arche harnessing the power of ‘With’

Anniversary marks shift in attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities By: Leslie Scrivener Feature writer, Published on Sun Jun 01 2014 When Jean Vanier started L’Arche 50 years ago, his plan, though he didn’t have much of one, was to make a home with Raphael and Philippe, two men with disabilities. He didn’t fully understand the significance of […]