Canadian Association for Community Living

Canadian Association for Community Living
Abbreviation CACL
Formation 1958 (1958)
Merger of L'institut National Canadien Francis (1972)
Type non-profit
Registration no. 10684 2545 RR0001
Legal status charity
Headquarters Kinsmen Building, York University
Location
  • 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario
Region
Canada
Membership
people with intellectual disabilities and their parents
Official languages
English / French
President
 Laurie Larson
Vice-President
 Joy Bacon
Treasurer
 Peter Chivers
Catherine Frazee
Main organ
 "Mental Retardation" (quarterly journal)
Subsidiaries 400+
Affiliations People First of Canada
Website www.cacl.ca
Formerly called
 Canadian Association for Retarded Children, Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded

Canadian Association for Community Living is a non-profit organization founded in 1958[1] to assist in training and socialization of people with intellectual disabilities, then known as Mental Retardation.

The organization was founded as the "Canadian Association for Retarded Children".[2] In 1969, the name was changed, to "Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded". The current name was adopted in 1985.[3]

The organization held an annual conference on metal retardation, beginning in 1958.

In 1963, the organization established the "Canadian John F. Kennedy Memorial Fund for Retarded Children".[4] The money raised went to the organization and was used to fund research.[5]

A "Canadian Retarded Children's Week" was also established in 1964 for fundraising, to run from May 6 to 16. The theme was "Flowers of Hope".[6] Cosmos seeds were mailed out as a part of fundraising efforts.[7]

The organization was a proponent of Deinstitutionalisation.[8]

There are branches and subbranches in all Canadian provinces. In 1972, "L'institut National Canadien Francis" merged with the organization to provide French-language services.[9]

During the 1970s NBCAMR operated sheltered workshops in Lindsay, New Brunswick,[10] and other small communities. They were later closed when the organizations goals shifted.

The organization was involved in the Infant K case in 1985,[11] the Eve case,[12][13] and others involving involuntary contraceptive sterilization.

G. Allan Roher, a top expert on mental retardation and the then executive vice-president of the organization died on Air Canada Flight 797.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Prime Minister Diefenbaker Lauds Work For Retarded children". The News and Eastern Townships Advocate. Nov 20, 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Melanie Panitch (6 August 2012). Disability, Mothers, and Organization: Accidental Activists. Routledge. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-135-90378-7.
  3. ↑ "History". CACL.
  4. ↑ "Propose Fund As Kennedy Memorial". Granby Leader-Mail. Dec 4, 1963. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Rose Kennedy Here: Appeals For Retarded Children". The Montreal Gazette. Sep 30, 1964. p. 14. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "'Week' Opens On Island". The Montreal Gazette. May 7, 1964. p. 1. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Seeds Sold To Aid Retarded". The Montreal Gazette. Apr 25, 1967. p. 25. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Personal Homes For Retarded". Ottawa Citizen. Sep 18, 1968. p. 40. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Two organizations unite : TV programs on retarded set". The Montreal Gazette. Oct 5, 1972. p. 18. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Untitled (photo page)". The Bugle (Woodstock, New Brunswick). Apr 26, 1978. p. B3.
  11. ↑ Hubert, Nadine (August 14, 1985). "Sterilization and the mentally retarded". The Interim. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Sterilization of the Mentally Retarded Adult: the Eve Case" (PDF). McGill Law Journal 26: 931, fn 1. Jan 9, 1981. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Sterilization Case First Court Test Of Equality Rights". Ottawa Citizen. Jun 3, 1985. p. A3. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "23 Die In Air Canada jet fire". Ottawa Citizen. June 3, 1983. p. 1. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
Citations – journals
  • Dunn, H. G. (Oct 15, 1958). "The Canadian Association for Retarded Children". Can Med Assoc J. 79 (8): 661–664. PMC 1830226. PMID 13585292. Retrieved 19 September 2014. 
  • Clute, KF (Oct 1963). "RESEARCH PROGRAMME OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CHILDREN.". Canadian Psychiatric Association journal 12: 278–80. PMID 14055396. 
  • Roeher, GA; Webber, I (Mar–Apr 1971). "Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded.". Canadian Journal of Public Health 62 (2): 153–5. PMID 5572713. 
Others
  • "Hope for the Mentally Retarded". Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Letter. RBC. October 1969. VOL. 50, No. 10. Retrieved 19 September 2014. 
  • "Struggle for a voice". National Post. Feb 18, 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2014. 
  • Ziai, Abol H. (1963). Second Nova Scotia Camp for Retarded Children. Camp Monte Bello, Tusket, Yarmouth County: Canadian Association for Retarded Children. 40. 

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