Independent Living Support

Provides three types of housing for individuals with intellectual disabilities:

• Group Living: Located in the Montague area. Residents are encouraged to be as independent as possible but have the support of staff when required. Some are small options homes with 2-3 residents. Some facilities are staffed 24 hours a day, have day programming, and offer help with food and laundry.
• Associate Family Program: People with intellectual disabilities can apply to live in a home with a local family who provides a nurturing, safe and supportive environment (pending availability).
• Independent Living Centre: Provides support for 8 independent persons as well as a Small Options Unit ( a three-bedroom)

• Supported apartment living
• Independent living
• Room and board options
• In-home care to assist families
• Respite care for families

Online training for vision accessibility features on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Topics include:

• Low vision
• VoiceOver
• Calls, texts, emails
• Siri
• Web browsing
• Writing
• Seeing Artificial Intelligence (AI) app

Learning platform is provided by Hadley Institute.

• Community based resources
• Fitness and recreation
• Socialization
• Life skills

Provides personalized support for individuals with vision loss. Services include:

Client Navigation: Once referred, individuals are matched with a client navigator who conducts an assessment to help identify and achieve their personal goals.

Primary Services: The first line of support for clients. Focusing on functional needs, these services target primary, short-term independence goals, such as using residual vision for daily tasks, reading medication labels, pouring liquids, and navigating indoors.

Specialized Services: These services help individuals achieve long-term and advanced independence goals, such as learning to be fully independent at home and navigating the world with skill and confidence.

Provides an Equine Assisted Learning Program that is run by a certified equine assisted learning facilitator.

Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) is a therapeutic and educational approach that involves interactions between humans and horses to facilitate personal growth and learning.

Participants engage in objectively driven exercises that are developed to encourage self-esteem and learning valuable life skills through hands-on experiences while working with horses.

• Social interactions: armchair travel, live entertainment, guest speakers, music, themed social events
• Community integration: visiting cultural and tourist sites, attending community events, accessing community based entertainment and recreational activities
• Motor skills: crafts, board games, baking, dancercise, flex and stretch, recipe book making, etc.

• Improving interpersonal, work, and life skills
• Skills development and work opportunities
• Social outings: Concerts, sporting events, theatre, museums and galleries, day trips, and recreation activities
• Learning opportunities with and without certificates: Personal safety, employment skills, art appreciation, music, sport, volunteering, and more

Provides services to adults with disabilities who are focused on learning life skills in a supervised and structured setting. Training activities can be customized for the individual to receive specific skills and social training to meet the diverse needs and promote personal growth in maximizing functional ability, independence, and exposure to real-life activities.

Training can be arranged at home.

Areas of support may include:

• Personal hygiene
• Grocery shopping
• Meal preparation
• General cleaning (Sweeping, vacuuming, and laundry)