Links to Related Websites
MacKay Report
Inclusive Education:Connecting Care And Challenge:Tapping Our Human Potential
A Review Of Programming And Services In New Brunswick
- Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind and Visually Impaired Related
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Related
- Blind and Visually Impaired Related
Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind and Visually Impaired Related
Government of Newfoundland, Dept. of Education
Handbook for Teachers Serving Students who are Deafblind, Deaf or Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities, and Blind or Visually Impaired with Additional Disabilities (APSEA)
Registered Disability Savings Plan
Canada Disability Savings Grant and Bond Information (English,French) Website
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Related
Deafness Advocacy Association Nova Scotia (DAANS)
"To Promote the rights and needs of an estimated 55,000 Deaf, and hard of hearing, and late deafened Nova Scotians."
Deaf Literacy Nova Scotia (DLNS)
Deaf Literacy Nova Scotia promotes and supports literacy and learning of Deaf adults through self-development, literacy, and American Sign Language/Maritime Sign Language (ASL/MSL) literacy.
Canadian Association of Educators of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (CAEDH)
Advanced Bionics
Cochlear
National Association for the Deaf (NAD)
Private, non-profit organization safeguarding accessibility and civil rights of deaf and hard of hearing Americans in education, employment, health care, and telecommunications
Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA)
Consumer-based organization formed by and for hard of hearing Canadians
The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf (AG Bell)
International membership organization and resource center on hearing loss and spoken language approaches and related issues
The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS)
Provides a wide range of services to meet needs of deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people
The Newfoundland School for the Deaf (NSD)
Provincial School for the Deaf operated by the Department of Education, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Blind and Visually Impaired Related
Iowa Department of Education: Expanded Core Curriculum
North-East Association for Education and Rehabilitaion of Blind and Visually Impaired (NEAER)
American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
"The world's largest source for adapted educational and daily living products - since 1858."
Canadian Braille Authority (CBA)
Promoting braille as the primary medium for persons who are blind
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
National voluntary agency providing services to individuals across Canada to whom loss of vision is a central problem in personal and social adjustments. Also consultant and resource agency to the helping professions, government departments and private industry.
Government of Saskatchewan - Special Education Unit
Responsible for policy development, funding, resource development, support services, consultation and liaison services for students with exceptional learning and behavioural needs
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Youth - Blind/Visually Impaired Education
Provides educational support services for students in Manitoba schools who are blind or visually impaired
Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (PRCVI)
Provides British Columbia schools with alternate format learning resources and specialized equipment, and training for teachers of the visually impaired
Learning Resources Centre, Gov't of Alberta (LRC)
Provides a wide variety of products and services to Alberta students and teacher
Government of Newfoundland, Dept. of Education
Publication: Teaching children who are Blind or Visually Impaired (PDF)Canadian Council of the Blind
The Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB) is a national, membership-based organization of the blind. Chapters support activities ranging from sports weekends to social get togethers. The CCB Connected Youth Chapter is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is always looking for new youth members to join their active chapter!