New study finds the developmentally disabled are vulnerable in Ontario

February 21, 2019 / by BBG Security / CAMH, Centre for Addictions and Mental Health, developmental disabilities, Developmentally Disabled, Emergency Room, Health, health care system, hospitalizations, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Long-term Care, News, non-disabled peers, Politics, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Lethbridge church gives people with disabilities a night to shine Lethbridge

[ad_1] TORONTO – People with developmental disabilities are more likely than the non-disabled to encounter problems with Ontario’s health-care system regardless of age, sex or class, a new study suggests. The research from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences found the developmentally disabled were significantly more likely to die young, languish in hospital without plans […]

A non-profit in Kelowna is helping adults with developmental disabilities become artists

February 15, 2019 / by BBG Security / Adults Disabilities, Art Therapy, Cool Arts, cool arts school Kelowna, developmental disabilities, Global News At 6:30, Kelowna, Okanagan disabilities, Rotary Centre for the Arts

[ad_1] The Cool Arts Society is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to providing art opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities in Kelowna. [ad_2] Source link

Non-profit charitable organization gives unique adults opportunities to create art – Okanagan

February 15, 2019 / by BBG Security / adults disabilities Kelowna, Art Therapy, Canada, Cool Arts, cool arts school Kelowna, Darrian Matassa-Fung, developmental disabilities, Health, Kelowna, Lifestyle, Okanagan disabilities, Rotary Centre for the Arts

[ad_1] John Roberts can teach you a thing or two about painting. Roberts joined the Cool Arts Society a year ago when he felt his creative itch building. He credits his parents, who are also artists, for his unwavering sense of wonder in his creative process of building art pieces. “I feel like I’ve made […]