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The following resources have been approved by our research, clinical and family advisory groups. They are either located in the Montreal region or are websites found on the internet. Please browse by category. These resources are to be used at your own discretion: Childhood disability LINK takes no responsibility for any negative event or circumstance that occurs either directly or indirectly, due to the use of any of these resources.




Treatment programs/centers/schools
  • MacKay Rehabilitation Center
    The Mackay Rehabilitation Center is a dynamic health care establishment serving children with motor and language impairments as well as the deaf and hard of hearing population of all ages. It is part of the Montréal and Québec rehabilitation networks striving to provide excellence and best practices in rehabilitation for over one hundred years.
    www.mackaycenter.org

  • Les Ecoles Victor-Doré et Joseph-Charbonneau
    A francophone school for children with special needs (website in French only).
    www.fondationvdjc.org

  • Summit School
    Summit School services students, ages 4 to 21, with developmental disabilities including behavioural and emotional disturbances, autism, Down Syndrome and severe learning disabilities. They are referred by parents, school boards, hospitals, and social services agencies. The student body comes from every socio-economic, religious and cultural background.
    www.summit-school.com

  • The Rehabilitation Centre Marie Enfant of the UHC Sainte-Justine
    The Rehabilitation Centre Marie Enfant of the UHC Sainte-Justine provides infants, children and teenagers who have motor or speech difficulties with highly specialized services in the areas of rehabilitation - to include adaptation, integration and social participation.
    www.crme-sainte-justine.org

  • Giant Steps Montreal
    A francophone school for children with P.D.D. (website in French only)
    www.giantstepsmontreal.com

Respite services

  • Le Phare
    A respite service for children with disability
    www.phare-lighthouse.com

  • Emergo Respite Services
    Emergo is a non-profit organization founded in 1976 by parents of autistic people with the desire of helping other parents like themselves by offering respite services. This is how the first camp able to receive autistic people in Quebec was born.
    www.servicesderepitemergo.com

Extracurricular activities

  • Camp Massawipi
    The MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre's Camp Massawippi is a wonderful summer program facility located on a magnificent 19-acre property by the shores of Lake Massawippi in Quebec's Eastern Townships.
    www.mabmackay.ca

  • Camp Papillon
    This is one of the leading vacation camps for children with disabilities in North America. Located 40 kilometres north of Joliette on a 40-acre peninsula on the shores of Lake Pierre, Camp Papillon each year welcomes every year approximately 700 campers during regular stays.
    www.enfantshandicapes.com/html/english/camp_papillon

  • Le Centre Viomax
    A fitness center for individuals with disability
    cabm.net
Web-based information for families

  • Angelman Syndrome Foundation
    The Angelman Syndrome Foundation is a national organization of families, caregivers and medical professionals who care about those with Angelman Syndrome.
    www.angelman.org

  • Exceptional Family
    Canada’s Resource Magazine for Parents of Exceptional Children.
    www.exceptionalfamily.ca

  • StrokEngine
    A website with a focus on stroke rehabilitation and interventions.
    www.strokengine.ca

    • The Donald Berman YALDEI Developmental Centre
  • The Donald Berman YALDEI Developmental Centre is a leading Canadian pediatric rehabilitation centre for children with special needs. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the centre provides cutting edge, trans-disciplinary programs and services to children with developmental delays, neurological disorders, genetic disorders and other diagnoses.
    www.yaldei.org
Cerebral Palsy Resources

  • My Child Without Limits
    An excellent and comforting resource for parents of newly-diagnosed children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). Helps to understand what CP is, offers guidance on planning, as well as provides opportunities for action and outreach.
    www.mychildwithoutlimits.org

  • CP-Engine
    A bilingual website with a focus on CP rehabilitation and interventions.
    CP Engine www.medicine.mcgill.ca/cpengine/

  • Cerebral Palsy Consortium
    Another bilingual website, whose mission is to help children with CP remain socially engaged. A site dedicated to spreading sound information to all caregivers and health providers of children with CP.
    Cerebral Palsy Consortium www.consortiumpc.ca
Web-based information for service providers

  • ICNApedia: The Child Neurology Knowledge Environment
    An excellent network of leading researchers and sound information for service providers in the field of child neurology.
    www.icnapedia.org