Community Organizations
First Steps Wellness Centre (FSWC)
First Steps Wellness Centre (FSWC) is a non-profit organization providing innovative, exercise-based recovery methods to people with spinal cord injuries and other neuromuscular conditions. FSWC aims to improve the quality of life for those living with spinal cord injuries and other neuromuscular conditions through the integration of exercise-based recovery methods, education, and supportive services.
https://firststepswellnesscentre.ca/
Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program
The EDP program helps persons with disabilities or health conditions start and grow their businesses. The program is open to people living with a self-declared disability or health condition who have a viable business idea or are operating a business. Self-employment can offer people with disabilities flexible work arrangements and the opportunity to build on their existing skills and expertise while generating income.
https://edpsask.ca/
WIVES AND GIRLFRIENDS OF SCI
We are women who have partners with Spinal Cord Injuries. When everyone else goes home to their own lives, we are the ones that are still there. Our unique caregiver/lover dynamic can only be truly understood by others like us. We are creating a strong network of women around the world supporting other women who are dealing with this injury alongside their men.
https://www.facebook.com/wagsofsci/
Access 2
Easter Seals Canada’s award-winning Access 2 Card program was launched in 2004 with support from Cineplex Entertainment and a group of national disability organizations. The Access 2 Card program helps to ensure that entertainment, cultural and recreational opportunities are more available and accessible to all. Managed and administered by Easter Seals Canada (located in Toronto), the Access 2 Card program has grown to reach over 100,000 Canadians who are living with disabilities and includes over 500 participating partner venues across the country.
With the support of all our proud partner venues and fantastic cardholders, Access 2 has emerged as a national leader in helping create opportunities for individuals with disabilities and raising awareness about the importance of accessible venues.
https://access2card.ca/
Saskatchewan Wheelchair Sports Association
Developing Athletes. Promoting sport, recreation, leisure, fitness training, and healthy lifestyle activities for individuals with mobility impairment. Our Association works with several national sport organizations in program delivery, such as Athletics Canada, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association, Tennis Canada, and Wheelchair Basketball Canada.
We also provide programs such as “Learn To Play” sport clinics, sport camps, coaching/officiating clinics and competitions. We have an awareness program that promotes injury prevention, focuses on ability rather than disability and promotes wheelchair sports.
https://swsa.ca/
Makers Making Change
Makers Making Change is an online platform providing a disruptively low-cost alternative to commercially available assistive technologies. With a wide range of devices available in the assistive devices library, there are many options for people to request from and work with a volunteer maker who can build it for them.
Every device design, contributed by the Makers Making Change community and by our organization, is open source. Anyone can freely download the files and information to build their own device. This helps keep device costs low, and requesters only cover the cost of materials.
https://www.makersmakingchange.com/
REALM FOUNDATION
REALM, a Regina-based registered charity, supports people with physical disabilities and their families to live the lives they choose through the development of support networks. REALM supports people with physical disabilities build personal volunteer support networks that help each person live their best sustainable life.
https://www.realmfoundation.ca/
The Neil Squire Society
The Neil Squire Society has revolutionized Canadians’ lives with disabilities since 1984 through accessible technology. A Canadian national non-profit organization that helps Canadians with disabilities through advocacy, computer-based, assistive technology, research and development, and various employment programs.
https://www.neilsquire.ca/
Spinal Cord Injury Saskatchewan
Spinal Cord Injury Saskatchewan’s mission is to assist persons with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities to achieve independence, self-reliance and full community participation. SCI Sask is dedicated to helping individuals with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities through our programs and services.
https://scisask.ca/
Tetra Society of North America
Tetra is a non-profit organization that builds innovative solutions for people with physical disabilities to overcome environmental barriers, providing greater independence, quality of life and inclusion.
https://tetrasociety.org/
Access Now
At AccessNow, our mission is to establish a go-to resource for accessibility information. We are building a connected platform to empower people to discover a world of accessible opportunities, make better decisions and remove barriers.
We are learning how accessible the world is and mapping as many places as we possibly can, and we invite you to join us. A worldwide community passionate about change, together we can empower each other to have access now.
Every review added to our platform is one more instance of advocacy, one more experience that highlights the accessibility of a place.
https://accessnow.com/
SASK NEURO
Discover Neuro Services in Saskatchewan. Connecting you with neuro programs, services and organizations leading the way in Saskatchewan.
https://saskneuro.ca/