People First Canada-A National Movement of Self-Advocates

People First of Canada is the national organization representing people with intellectual disabilities. People First of Canada is the national voice for people who have been labeled with an intellectual disability. We are about rights – human rights, citizenship...

People First Ontario Website-A Provincial Movement of Self-Advocates

People First of Ontario is the provincial organization representing people with intellectual disabilities. People First of Ontario is the provincial voice for people who have been labeled with an intellectual disability. We are about rights – human rights, citizenship...

Autobiographies written by Self-Advocates

Rachel’s Story $15 plus shipping. To purchase please email Amanda Fenlong Kathy Senneker tells the story of her daughter Rachel’s short but valuable life. It is about one mother’s journey of self-discovery. Kathy herself acknowledges that it was a...

Perceptions of Disability and Finding Work

For five tough years I worked tirelessly toward graduating with honours from Canada’s third-largest university. I had dreams of starting a successful career in communications. I looked forward to being given the opportunity to shine. I was ready to show the...