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Information and Referral
The information and referral program is a key component of each Independent Living Centre. Information is power, and the more we know, the better and more informed choices we make. This service provides information on services, products and programs available to persons with disabilities. This program is consumer based; meaning that information this program uses and gives out comes from people with disabilities themselves.
Individual Advocacy
The provision of individual assistance and opportunities for skill development is often necessary to help persons with disabilities to remove barriers. The kinds of needs vary from individual to individual. Support to learn to manage, co-ordinate and negotiate with a wide range of community resources is critical in making independent living a reality. People with disabilities must frequently struggle to attain the services and support to which they are rightfully entitled. Some of the issues addressed by this program include housing, income supports, employment, education, human rights, accessibility, transportation and abuse intervention.
Peer Support
Peer Outreach is the program through which people with disabilities get together to support one another and share experiences. This program facilitates the development of informal networks of consumers. The experiences of our members hold vast amounts of knowledge, resources and solutions that others can benefit from. Encouragement from peers builds skills, knowledge and leadership to face new challenges.
Direct Funding - Self-Managed Attendant Services
Funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, through the Centre for Independent Living In Toronto (CILT), this program allows persons with physical disabilities to hire, train and manage their own attendant care.
Work Link
This program provides individual employment counselling to any person with a disability in Niagara. Assisting consumers on an individualized basis, Work Link Case Managers can help to: job search; make decisions about disclosing a disability to an employer; apply for training or wage subsidies; access personality, career and diagnostic assessments; write resumes and cover letters; prepare for job interviews; and make career and employment decisions.