Independent Living Resource Centre

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Independent Living Resource Centre

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Session Objectives

• Background and Philosophy of IL
• Who is ILRC
• Programs and Projects
• Impact of ILRC in the community

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Independent Living (IL) Philosophy

• Independent Living is founded on the right of
  people with disabilities to
• Live with dignity in their chosen community
• Participate in all aspects of their life and
• Control and make decisions about their own lives.
  

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The Independent Living Movement

• Born in Berkley, California in the 1970s
• Spread to Canada in the 1980s
• Now a global movement

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IL Movement in Canada

• 1981 UN International Year of Disabled Persons,
  Obstacles Report, personal commitment by persons
  with disabilities
• 1982 1st IL centre in Kitchener
• 1986 CAILC formed
• 1988 Special Initiative funding
• 2005 25 IL Centres in Canada

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Mission Statement

• The ILRC is a consumer-controlled organization
  that promotes and
• enables citizens with disabilities
• to make choices and take responsibility
• for the development and management
• of personal and community resources.

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Basic ILRC Principles

• Promote Consumer Control
• Make Choices
• Take Risks
• Accept Responsibility
• Promote Integration

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ILRC Core Programs

• Information and Referral
• Peer Support / Independent Living Skills
• Individual Self-Advocacy
• Research Development

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Research DevelopmentProjects

• Community Living Options
• QuAppelle Housing
• Self / Family Managed Care
• Brokerage Nurturing Assistance
• Leisure Education
• Personal Attendant Community Education (PACE)

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Research Development Projects

• Employment
• ILRC Employment Projects
• Urban Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
• Volunteering

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Research Development Projects

• Technology
• Equal Access to Independence (EAI)
• Interacting with the Community
• Kids on the Block
• Winnipeg Family Kite Festival
• Western Canada Access to Justice
• Community Access Program (CAP)

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Impact of ILRC

• Creating Inclusive Lives are changed
• Communities

Paving the way to independence
You have been a great resource, and the
information that you have provided means the
world to us.
Resources and training available to everyone
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Goals for the future

• Increased awareness of ILRC and IL philosophy
• IL Casa
• PACE National Project Connect

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Independent Living Resource Centre 3rd Floor
Portage Place 311A - 393 Portage Ave. Winnipeg,
MB R3B 3H6 Phone [phone] (TTY) Toll-Free 1-800
-663-3043 (TTY) Fax [phone] Email thecentre_at_il
rc.mb.ca Website www.ilrc.mb.ca
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