What is ConnectABILITY.ca

Introduction:

Welcome to ConnectABILITY a website and virtual community dedicated to lifelong learning and support for people who have an intellectual disability, their families and support networks. The core of our community is accessible, self-directed access to valuable information and tools, ready on demand.

Take a walk around our neighbourhood and visit each special place. You’ll find the one that’s built just for you.

Supported Inclusion:

A place built for the early childhood professional with the support they need from the first moment a child with special needs enters a child care setting. Supported Inclusion focuses in on the small space between a child with special needs and the skills of an early childhood professional, with just-in-time information and tools put together in a way that’s easy to find and use. Begin with “Create an Info Map”, which helps you develop an individual profile for a specific child and links you to the next level in your professional learning.

Learning Together…every step of the way:

A place built for families and their young children with special needs from the first moment a parent understands their child will need extra help along the road to learning. Learning Together…a support in the small space between a parent and a child with special needs. With information, tools and workshops in one place, easy to find and use…and a kids interactive zone where learning is fun.

Communication Centre:

A place to discuss and share your ideas with the rest of the community.

Messages:

Our own mail service. An easy to use audio messaging system for anyone who has trouble with reading, or using a keyboard.

Discussions:

Members of ConnectABILITY communicate about common interests, in their own time and at their own pace. They are grouped by subject and are public to other members of your community.

Meetings:

A place to get together for meetings or just to talk, with full audio capability, instant text messaging and a place to share documents.

Conferences:

“Ask the Pro” a place to ask specific questions and chat on topics of interest. You can ask your questions in private or within a group

Library:

Now all of the valuable library of documents, workshops, games and links can be found in one place, a place that helps you find what you are looking for in a simple, easy to use key-word search format.

International Languages:

Here you will find some of ConnectABILITY’s valuable information and tools in your own language. Selected tip sheets, tools and workshops are available in various languages at this time.

Information Centre:

A place you can come whenever you need to get in touch with us, or give us feedback.