Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability Moving to Inclusion –A program of the Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability Presented by: –Lori Prospero, Chairperson ALACD-Ontario

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability Overview of ALACD  National, non-profit organization  Vision: –A society where all Canadians live active and healthy lives.  Mission: –To encourage all Canadians to live active and healthy lives through the promotion of and advocacy for inclusive active living opportunities at the grass-roots level.

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability What is active living?  It is a “way of life” –Valuing physical activity as a part of your every day life –Connects the mind, body and soul  Improves your quality of life  Leads to a decrease in health care spending

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability Benefits…  Enhanced quality of life –Physical –Intellectual –Spiritual –Social –Emotional  Opens doors to other opportunities

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability How can we achieve our outcome?  Utilize the strength of the ALACD at a national, provincial and local level –Our strength lies in the people; over 1.5 million across Canada belong to the ALACD network.  Appeal directly to Canadians with a Disability  Appeal to our partners and support organizations  Advocate for and support direct intervention

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability Programs & Services  National clearinghouse for inclusive active living resources –Ontario Active Living Resource Centre  Inclusion Training –Teachers –Community recreation professionals  Community Assistance –Inclusion Action Pack  Awards –Gerry York Moving to Inclusion Award –Ted Wall Graduate Student Research Award

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability History of MTI  Developed by ALACD and their partner organizations in 1994  The program includes 8 comprehensive resource binders and 1 abridged version.  The abridged version was sent to every school in Canada in 1995.

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability Comprehensive Series  The Student with an Amputation  The Student with Cerebral Palsy

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability Comprehensive Series  The Student who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing  The Student with an Intellectual Disability

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability Comprehensive Series  The Student with Multiple Disabilities  The Student who is Physically Awkward

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability Comprehensive Series  The Student with a Visual Impairment  The Student who uses a Wheelchair

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability Comprehensive Series  Skiing for Students with a Disability

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability The Inclusion Process  Obtain pertinent information –Nature of disability –Participant’s age, skill level, fitness level –Behaviour/attitude towards active living –Past physical activity experience  Identify supports –Family –Peers/volunteers –Program/education assistants  Define safety concerns

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability Inclusion process continued…  Assess skill  Set realistic objectives  Contribute to I.E.P  Select activities  Make modifications/adaptations to program –Equipment, Skill complexity, Rules, Space  Implement  Evaluate

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability How can YOU make a difference?  Develop a plan to ensure that your school provides quality daily physical activity for ALL students.  Ensure that your community recreation facilities have a solid, written policy for inclusion within their programs and back it up with ACTION.

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability Making a difference…  Ensure that your staff/co-workers have an inclusion attitude. –Invite ALACD’s Inclusive Physical Education Coordinator to facilitate a workshop for your staff/co-workers  Market your services to persons with a disability  Invite persons with a disability to sit on advisory councils  Become involved in the ALACD-Ontario network

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability Contact Info… ALACD-Ontario Eglinton Ave. East Toronto, Ontario M3C 3C6 P: F:  Lori Prospero Chairperson , Ext