aila_hgpxxu – AILA Edmonton

Canadian Mental Health Association-Alberta Division

aila_hgpxxu — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:19:48 +0000

CMHA Alberta Division – Mental Health for All

Empowering Ability

aila_hgpxxu — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 19:57:25 +0000

Plan an Awesome Ordinary Life for Your Love One with a Developmental Disability.

Empowering Ability is founded upon having an abundant, positive, and forward-thinking mindset. Society has put low expectations on people with developmental disabilities for too long. Together, we’re changing the idea of what is possible and helping our loved ones to become contributing members of their community.

It is our purpose to support our loved ones with developmental disabilities to be valued citizens and create their own Awesome ‘Ordinary’ Life.

HOW DO WE HELP FAMILIES & PEOPLE WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY?
At Empowering Ability, we provide resources like PDF guides, videos, podcasts, workshops and courses to help you support your loved one to live their own “Awesome Ordinary” life.

Empowering Ability

Autism Edmonton

aila_hgpxxu — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:41:26 +0000

Autism Edmonton is the oldest autism organization in the province, serving Edmonton and the surrounding area since 1971. At the Edmonton Autism Society, we deliver life-enhancing programs which ignite the power and potential of autistic individuals. We provide programs and support services for autistic individuals during all stages of life and any stage of diagnosis. For example, we offer support groups for autistic adults, LGBTQ+ members, and for both partners and parents of autistic individuals. Additionally, we provide respite, recreational, and learning activities for different ages. We also promote well-being and strengthen our community by increasing understanding of autism. Autism Edmonton | Autism Society of Edmonton Area

Autism Housing Network of Alberta (AHNA)

aila_hgpxxu — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:05:04 +0000

The Autism Housing Network of Alberta (AHNA) is focused on improving the access to and quality of housing opportunities for autistic individuals and their families. Our goal is to work together to better understand housing needs across the province, extend the reach of support to families, learn from each other to proactively facilitate new solutions, and establish a provincial approach to recruitment in order to capitalize on housing units as they become available.https://autismalberta.ca/housing/

aila_hgpxxu — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:58:23 +0000

A new exciting way to help AiLA!

Looking for simple and free car removal? AiLA is partnering with Donate a Car Canada to accept your car donation! You will be provided free towing, or you can drop off your vehicle to maximize your donation. When you donate your car, truck, RV, boat, or motorcycle to AiLA through Donate A Car Canada, it will either be recycled or sold at auction (depending on its condition, age and location). Donate a Car Canada will look after all the details from car removal to the disbursal of your gift, making it easy for both you and AiLA to benefit. You will receive a tax receipt after your vehicle donation has been processed!

Donate a Car Canada accepts Vehicle Donations for Autism Independent Living Association. Free towing is provided in most areas across Canada, or you can drop off your vehicle to maximize your donation. When you donate your car, truck, RV, boat, or motorcycle to Autism Independent Living Association through Donate A Car Canada, it will either be recycled or sold at auction (depending on its condition, age and location). Donate a Car Canada will look after all the details to make it easy for Autism Independent Living Association to benefit. After your vehicle donation is complete, you will receive a tax receipt and we will put your gift to good use. Please click here to donate a vehicle.

Michael Frost

aila_hgpxxu — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:48:55 +0000

I cherish a dream to live a more autonomous way of life where I have the dignity to take a risk, experience failure and learn from it, while expecting open-mindedness and reciprocity from those around me. This is where my ongoing learning about and attempting to practice the intentionality of community is taking me. “I value this — the dignity that attends collective risk and the related values I place on consensus formation — more now than I did 13 years ago. At that time, I was just starting to answer for myself questions about what way of life I wanted when my parents could no longer look after me.” Over time, as I continue learning about intentional communities of residence — those designed to support and strengthen a particular group of people — I have a growing appreciation of the importance of co-dependence in relation to independence. The fostering of healthy relationships provides me autonomy by way of shared responsibilities for things like maintenance tasks around the community I call home.

Others with a better sense of time can follow up with administrative tasks I choose to initiate. At the same time, a third party can look after on my behalf, my personal responsibilities around managing finances, supporting my personal space, handling organizational challenges, and helping me with things like grocery shopping and related household chores. I realize intentional communities — which include models like housing cooperatives, life-sharing communities and co-housing communities — are my best option for avoiding the social isolation that can arise from independent living. At the same time, unlike living in a group home or with a roommate, they offer the wrap-around supports that give me more autonomy. I am confident that Autism Independent Living Association, or AiLA, will continue to steward ideas for promoting community living for individuals who need a moderate level of support, but don’t qualify for funding of those supports by the government. Over the long term, I dream that AiLA will serve as a housing operator and a consulting agency. Michael Frost, Autistic Adult and Co-Founder of Autism Independent Living Association (AiLA)