Two Days of Social Thinking: Emotions
This two-day web streamed presentation explores how emotions are the undercurrent of all forms of social communication and are at the heart of personal problem solving, motivation, relationships, and life memories (episodic memory). Across the two days, discover how to teach students, clients, and patients about their emotions and build self-regulation - a timely topic for these difficult times.
Available to registrants in B.C., Alberta, and Yukon. Early-bird rate ends July 2nd at 11:59pm.
COVID-19: Resources, Advice, and ACT's Advocacy
ACT is gathering information to support families during the COVID-19 crisis, including resources specific to those who are neuro-diverse and useful general resources. Our COVID-19 Resources page will be updated as new resources come in.
- Watch Practical Tips for Helping Families Reduce Stress
- Resources for Families Waiting for Assessment
- View upcoming live web streams and presentations you can watch any time
B.C. Resources
Looking for autism & special needs resources specific to British Columbia? Visit the new B.C. Resources page to find community agencies, recreational activities, service providers, support groups, education & employment, community events, the autism manual, new diagnosis hub, transition to adulthood, and much more!
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Find practical autism resources in the Autism Information Database (AID). We've made it even easier to find resources and tools for parents and professionals with a new subject listing. Free and relevant world-wide.
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Autism, Anxiety and COVID-19
To mark World Autism Day with a practical initiative, ACT invited three respected mental health clinicians, who have presented for ACT on autism and mental health, to answer questions on ‘Anxiety and COVID-19’.
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Special Needs Community Events
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Teach me To be Social - Summer Program for Kindergarten Prep
Monday, July 6 - Monday, August 31
Burnaby
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“It’s a yearly struggle.” A story about the efforts of families to ensure that their children receive the supports they believe are needed at school, as the school district regularly evaluates and adjusts the supports allocated to individual students.
Surrey parents once again fight for student support workers hours - Surrey Now-Leader
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Some students hours have been reinstated, but parents say it shouldn’t be a yearly problemLet alone ever support worker losing hours to help their students and expected to live off less hours
"A coalition of groups representing people with disabilities and people living in poverty is calling for a temporary income supplement to be made permanent. According to a survey conducted by the coalition, people who got the extra money have used it to buy healthy food, get out of debt and avoid 'extreme rationing at the end of the month.'”
Coalition calls for B.C.'s COVID-19 $300 disability top-up to be made permanent
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According to a survey conducted by the coalition, people who got the extra money have used it to buy healthy food, get out of debt and avoid “extreme rationing at the end of the month.”Where is the petition
www.change.org/p/premier-john-horgan-and-minister-shane-simpson-we-need-the-300tolive?recruiter=1...
We never saw a top up
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I never got one either
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"People think that children with disabilities, our most vulnerable children, are taken care of, and I think this pandemic has really shone a light on the fact that they're not. Those families have been left with nothing, and they've been left all by themselves to fend for themselves." Angela Clancy, Executive Director of the Family Support Institute of B.C., was one of the people interviewed for this CBC report on the desperate current situation of families who have children with complex needs.
The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn | Live Radio | CBC Listen
www.cbc.ca
The Early Edition is Vancouver's connection to the latest breaking local news, interviews that cut through the spin, and community stories and personalities that surprise and delight.Some of these places give some level of support but then they won’t provide support to the parents of children and adults that have disabilities. They said it to my face that they wouldn’t support me because They don’t support the parent. I say why don’t you support the family.
I think all families don't get appreciated by the social workers because they don't check in with families. Im sorry but if they did a monthly check in with families we wouldn't feel isolated, but they don't.
It’s a broken system.
"Initially, I was frightened and depressed and worrying about money and what I could do.What I could do was carry on working - art for me isn't a job, it's what I do, it's as important as breathing."
A disabled British artist who is confined to his house during the lockdown has been creating inflatable sculptures in his garden. As he told the BBC, he's not sure what his neighbours make of this!
Disabled artist finds new ways to work amid crisis
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Jason Wilsher-Mills puts up giant inflatable sculptures in the back garden of his home in Sleaford.自閉症社區訓練協會 | ACT in Chinese
ACT 自閉症社區訓練協會，
是加拿大卑詩省內針對家有自閉症兒童的家庭提供諮詢及轉介服務的非營利機構。
ACT in Punjabi
ACT has been able to both create and identify valuable resources for the Punjabi-speaking community in British Columbia.
View Punjabi-language Resources