Family Supports

PEIACL and Rodd Hotel Partnership

PEI ACL and the Rodd Hotels and Resorts have an agreement to offer families, who have a membership with PEI ACL , a family respite opportunity at any of their locations on the Island for $65/ night. Contact Bridget, at the PEI ACL office at 566-4844. Complete the form and arrangements will be made for your family at one of the 5 Rodd locations.

 

Movie Pass application

If you are interested in accessing the Movie Pass – just fill out the application and drop by the office for us to verify the information and sign the application. If you have any questions regarding this program, just give us a call at (902) 566-4844 or email us at info@peiacl.ca

 

Community Resources

All the phone numbers you will need are in these two pages (page 1, page 2). If you still need help, just drop us a line at info@peiacl.ca.

Advocacy

PEI ACL advocates for and behalf of families and individuals with intellectual disabilities and will address issues including:

• Inclusive education
• Family Supports
• Community living
• Employment

If you or a family member needs assistance, please contact our office at (902) 566-4844 to find out how we can help.

 

Early Intervention

Disability Tax Credit

The disability tax credit is a non-refundable tax credit used to reduce income tax payable on your return. This amount includes a supplement for persons under 18 at the end of the year.

You are only eligible for the disability amount if a qualified practitioner certifies on this form that you have a prolonged impairment, and certifies its effects.

All or part of this credit may be transferred to your spouse or common-law partner, or another supporting person. For details on the disability amount, visit http://www.cra.gc.ca/disability

 

Exceptional Needs Network

As an initiative of the Healthy Child Development Strategy, the Exceptional Needs Network brings together non-profit organizations, provincial government employees and service providers that work with and on behalf of children from birth to age 8 with exceptional needs and their families.

According to the Healthy Child Development Strategy, what it means to have an exceptionality includes the following:

• Gifted and talented;
• Intellectual disability;
• Emotional/behavioral disorders;
• Learning disabilities;
• Sensory impairments (hearing and vision);
• Physical disabilities;
• Communication disorders;
• Health and neurological disorders; and
• Developmental delays (Mackey, 1998:18)

The Network provides input into various research documents, projects and initiatives pertaining to children with exceptional needs.

 

Real Respite for the Whole Family:

This project enhances community capacity and promotes the idea of "respite as an outcome" rather than a service. Respite only occurs when all people in the caring relationship- including the family member with the disability, the family caregiver, and other members of the family- are comfortable and content with the support arrangements. Whole families attended a weekend workshop, and through discussions and networking with other families, respite options were identified and some methods of securing appropriate respite in the community were discussed. This project's aim was not to create new respite services and options directly, but to be a chance for families to identify their individual needs , what supports are available, and create a greater knowledge of local community options and strategies that as families can be implemented now, for respite.

 

Supports to Families & Children-National Action Committee (NAC)

The vision statement from CACL states that families access the supports and opportunities they need to assure inclusion for family members with intellectual disabilities through their lifetimes, and to secure family social and economic well-being. At a previous meeting, the NAC clarified that while its mandate and scope is families throughout the lifespan, the initial focus will continue to be on families with children 0-18 years. NAC recognizes that much work still needs to be completed in regards to supports to Aboriginal/First Nations families, transition years, and aging parents. NAC is also working on reviewing the typology and discussing best practices in regards to policy framework on supports to families from every province to review national practices.

 

UN Convention

“The Convention adopts a broad categorization of persons with disabilities and reaffirms that all persons with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. It clarifies and qualifies how all categories of rights apply to persons with disabilities and identifies areas where adaptations have to be made for persons with disabilities to effectively exercise their rights and areas where their rights have been violated, and where protection of rights must be reinforced.”

(http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?navid=12&pid=150)