Links
On this page are links to organizations in Canada and around the world that provide community-based services and/or work in the area of deinstitutionalization.
As of March 31, 2009, the province of Ontario closed the last of its large institutions for persons with intellectual disabilities. Below are links to several stories and press releases related to this historic occasion.
http://www.inclusiondaily.com 1
http://www.inclusiondaily.com 2
http://www.ckwstv.com
http://www.orilliapacket.com
People First of Canada
http://www.peoplefirstofcanada.ca
Canadian Association of Community Living
http://www.cacl.ca
EndExclusion
http://www.endexclusion.ca/
Canada's Community Inclusion Initiative
http://www.communityinclusion.ca
Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre of Calgary
http://www.ddrcc.com/
The "Community for All" Toolkit
http://thechp.syr.edu/toolkit/
Blog - deinstitutionalization
http://www.deinstitutionalization.blogspot.com/
Open Society Mental Health Initiative
http://www.osmhi.org/?page=130
European Coalition for Community Living
http://www.community-living.info/index.php?page=204
ADAPT
http://www.adapt.org/
Promoting Consumer Direction in Aging Services
http://www.consumerdirection.org/
Freedom Clearing House
http://www.freedomclearinghouse.org/
The Community Living Exchange Collaborative
http://www.hcbs.org/
The Institute on Community Integration
http://ici.umn.edu/
National Coalition on Self Determination
http://www.nconsd.org/
The Disability Rights Movement
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/disabilityrights/welcome.html
Arc
http://thearc.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=183&srcid=-2
http://thearclink.org/
The Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL)
http://www.thecouncil.org/resources/?c=resource-articles
Community Living Coalition
http://www.clcmo.org
Disability and Support - Sweden
http://www.skinfaxe.se/
Centre for Community Based research (formerly Centre for Research and Education in Human Services (CREHS)
http://www.communitybasedresearch.ca/Page/View/Deinstitutionalization
Video Links - below are links to short videos that profile various people involved in the deinstitutionalization movement and/or depict institutional situations in various countries throughout the world
Manitoba School for Mental Defectives - Images
Robert Martin
Close Howe Developmental Center
The End of an Era
Raise A Little Hell - Community Living Ontario 56th Annual Conference - Kingston 2009
Creating Home - The Story of Bert and Albert Part 1. By LiveWorkPlay (Community Living Ottawa)
Creating Home - The Story of Bert and Albert Part 2. By LiveWorkPlay (Community Living Ottawa)
Forgotten Lives - a series of videos on institutions in Texas
Forgotten Lives - Call for Integration
Below are a series of videos documenting institutionalization in countries around the world
