La Ressource pour personnes handicapées Abitibi-Témiscamingue / Nord-du-Québec
Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada
About
Founded in 1996, La Ressource pour personnes handicapées Abitibi-Témiscamingue / Nord-du-Québec is a non-profit association based in Rouyn-Noranda, Canada working on disability, employment & skills, mental health +3 more.
La Ressource pour personnes handicapées Abitibi-Témiscamingue / Nord-du-Québec is an autonomous regional non-profit founded in September 1996 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. It serves adults and children with all types of disabilities, helping them keep their acquired rights and access support. Its work includes social integration, representation, specialised equipment, home adaptation, respite care, emergency funeral-cost support, transport for specialised care, and financial aid for daily needs and employment. The organisation manages several named funds and scholarships, runs a regional sign language interpretation service, and holds an annual telethon whose proceeds go to people in the region. It also offers support for people living with fibromyalgia and chronic pain. Its membership base exceeds 2,000 people. It works alongside government and community organisations to coordinate aid requests.
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Fonds régional pour la Trisomie 21
Disability · Canada
Fund created in 2018 to support the social integration of people with Down syndrome in the region.
Fonds soutien à l'emploi pour les personnes handicapées
Employment & Skills · Canada
Fund created in 2022 with Vision-Travail Abitibi-Témiscamingue to help people with disabilities cover transport, basic needs and adapted equipment for work.
Fonds hockey luge
Sport for development · Canada
Fund created in 2019 to enable children with disabilities to take part in an adapted sport.
Fonds Martin-Bradley
Mental health · Canada
Fund provided by the Fondation Martin-Bradley to give direct aid to people living with mental illness.
Fonds Bernard-Michaud
Disability · Canada
Funeral-expense support for members with disabilities, financed by member contributions.
Bourses Nicolas Collard
Education · Canada
Scholarships of 500 to 1000 for eligible students who are members, offered since 2003 with UQAT and CEGEP A-T.
Fonds Fibrose kystique
Health · Canada
Fund created in 2009 with the Association fibrose kystique Abitibi-Témiscamingue to purchase Smart Vest devices for people with cystic fibrosis in the region.
Service régional d'interprétariat
Disability · Canada
Regional sign language interpretation service for deaf or hard-of-hearing people, managed since 1996.
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Fondation Martin-Bradley, UQAT, CEGEP A-T, Vision-Travail Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Association fibrose kystique Abitibi-Témiscamingue, CISSS-AT, Association québécoise de la douleur chronique
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