Special Education


Students With Intellectual Disabilities
A Resource Guide for Teachers

Support Organizations

There a number of provincial organizations that can provide information, support and advice related to specific disabilities. Some of the organizations are:

Attention Deficit Disorder Support Association
242 Osborne Avenue
New Westminster, B.C. V3L 1Y8
Tel: (604) 524-9183
Autism Society of B.C.
301 - 3701 East Hastings Street
Burnaby, B.C. V5C 2H6
Tel: (604) 434-0880
www.autismbc.ca/
B.C. Association for Community Living
(BCACL)

300-30 East 6th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C. V5T 4P4
Tel: (604) 875-1119
www.bcacl.org/
B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities
(BCCPD)

204-456 West Broadway
Vancouver, B.C, V5Y 1R3
Tel: (604) 875-0188
www.bccpd.bc.ca/
Canadian Down Syndrome Society
811 - 14 Street N.W.
Calgary, AB T2N 2A4
Toll free in Canada 1 800 883-5608
www.cdss.ca
info@cdss.ca
Cerebral Palsy Association of B.C.
102-317 Columbia Street
New Westminster, B.C. V3L 1A7
Tel: (604) 515-9455
www.bccerebralpalsy.com/

Coalition of Organizations of Blind-Visually
Impaired Consumers of B.C. and Yukon

334-3755 West 6th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C. V6R 1T9
Tel: (604) 691-4113

Developmental Disabilities Association
100 - 3851 Shell Road
Richmond, B.C. V6X 2W2
Tel: (604) 273-9778
www.develop.bc.ca/

Family Support Institute
300-30 East 6th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C. V5T 4P4
Tel: (604) 875-1119
www.familysupportbc.com/

BC Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Resource Society
PO Box 525
Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 3P2
Tel: (604) 467-5591

Learning Disabilities Association of B.C.
c/o Learning Disabilities Association of Vancouver

3292 E. Broadway
Vancouver, B.C. V5M 1Z8
Tel: (604) 873-8139
www.ldav.ca/