A Hamilton-based not-for-profit created for parents and caregivers of individuals with diverse needs 🇨🇦 This replaces our old account @SupportBalance

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
While there's a wait for Core Clinical Services (direct funding), there ARE things you can do after registering your child in the OAP Check out our blog: "I've Registered My Child in the OAP. Now What?" balancehamilton.ca/post/acce… #HamOnt #autism #OAP
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🎃Sponsors Wanted🎃 Help support the 2nd Annual Halloween Fun Fair in Cayuga! 📅Oct 25, 2026 ⏰12–3 PM 📍River Road Nature School 🎟️FREE ENTRY We’re seeking local businesses, organizations & community partners to help make this family-friendly event possible #Cayuga #HamOnt
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🌟 Our TechEmpower Webinar Series runs Oct 27–29, covering accessibility features on macOS and Windows 11, and how to navigate the workplace as a person with a disability. Free and open to all. Register: bit.ly/TechEmpW_EN
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(1/2) Accessibility reports are due soon! If your business or non-profit has 20+ employees, now’s the time to get ready for the Dec 31, 2026 deadline. Ontario’s new #Accessibility Compliance Reporting Portal makes filing faster, easier, and more convenient than ever.
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📢 New publication alert involving MacART member Dr. Irene Drmic! 📖 Read “‘I Call Them Our Village’: Experiences Of Caregivers in Ontario's Extensive Needs Service”: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #Autism #ChildHealth #BrainInjury #Research
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Effective speech therapy for autistic children is shifting away from making them sound "typical" and toward building meaningful connection, self-advocacy, and genuine participation in the world. #SpeechTherapy #AutismCommunication 📰 Read the article: autismspectrumnews.org/suppo…
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Community message from YouThrive Program Rooted & Regulated: An Emotion Regulation Group Centering People of Colour is a 10-week psychoeducational group for Black, Indigenous, and Racialized youth aged 14-25.
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"But the more I think about restraint and seclusion, the more I realize that we have another enormous gap in the conversation: what happens after?" endseclusion.info/4ylgEyg #EndSeclusion
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Don't miss this important conversation on the realities of #GBV and the experiences of women, girls and gender-diverse people with disabilities. 📅September 29, 2026 | 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET Click here to register -> buff.ly/8xoJl9g
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September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month. This year’s theme is “Everyone Plays a Part: It Takes a Community” and it reminds us that supporting healthy pregnancies and people with FASD is a shared responsibility. Learn more: ontario.ca/FASD
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REGISTER: CWDO Webinar "Disability and Bankruptcy: Navigating Options", Sept 23, 2026 @ 7 PM EST - mailchi.mp/d9ae8cceab8d/upco…
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One day. One country. Six million minutes of reading. 📚 The Great Read-Along is back, and it’s easy for schools to join. Sign up your class for free, read together on October 22, and add your minutes to the national goal. 👉 thegreatreadalong.ca/ #GreatReadAlong #LDAtSchool
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This guide explains what Ontario parents should know about IEPs, including accommodations & modifications, sensory & communication needs, transition planning, parent involvement, & what to do when an IEP isn't working peelautismresourceblog.wordp… #OntEd #autism #IEP #neurodiversity
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MyBenefits is an online service available 24/7 for Ontario Disability Support Program and Ontario Works recipients to:    ✅ send messages and documents to caseworkers ✅ check payments ✅ report changes ✅ receive, view and download letters
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Accessibility starts locally. Use our quick online tool to send a letter to your local news outlets and call for disability inclusion in your community ahead of municipal elections in BC, MB, ON, PEI, and the Northwest Territories. #InclusionStartsLocal win.newmode.net/inclusionsta…
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If you're in Winnipeg, ON or QC, elections are coming up. Talk to your candidates about disability issues. Social benefits that get folks out of poverty is a matter of government policy choices! thespec.com/opinion/contribu… #EndDisabilityPoverty
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As Parliament resumes, Inclusion Canada’s second federal policy recommendation is clear: modernize the Disability Tax Credit and reform how people qualify for federal disability benefits. The Disability Tax Credit was never designed to determine eligibility for income-support programs. Yet DTC certification is now required to access the Canada Disability Benefit and other important supports. For many people with intellectual disabilities, the DTC application process is inaccessible, burdensome and duplicative—particularly when they have already undergone a rigorous assessment to qualify for a provincial or territorial disability income program. Approximately 40% of people with intellectual disabilities who qualify for provincial and territorial disability programs are nevertheless denied access to the DTC. As a result, many are also shut out of the Canada Disability Benefit. Disability policy should not be driven by tax policy. Inclusion Canada is calling on the federal government to: • Decouple eligibility for the Canada Disability Benefit from the DTC; • Automatically recognize recipients of provincial and territorial disability income programs as eligible for the CDB; • Continue modernizing the DTC and the broader federal disability eligibility system; and • Align DTC eligibility criteria with the broader definition of disability in the Accessible Canada Act. Read Inclusion Canada’s five recommendations for the upcoming federal budget: inclusioncanada.ca/resource?…
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Today, Minister Hajdu announced that starting next week, Canada Disability Benefit recipients will receive a lump sum supplemental payment of $150 to help offset the cost associated with obtaining the disability tax credit: canada.ca/en/employment-soci…
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New in the blog - "Ontario Autism Program Core Clinical Services: A Parent Guide" This guide explains what Core Clinical Services is, what the funding can be used for, how to prepare for the DON, how to choose services, etc peelautismresourceblog.wordp… #OAP #autism @ChildrenON
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