Outreach venues and organizations

In your community

We have compiled a list of some organizations public libraries may wish to work with when reaching out to people with print disabilities. We hope it's a useful starting point, but it's definitely not exhaustive! You know your community, and can determine which organizations are active in your area.

Organizations and venues for outreach

Sample slides for community presentations (.pptx)

General disability and health-related organizations

Councils for persons with disabilities, or other organizations for people with any type of disability
Home care agencies
Meals on Wheels or similar services
March of Dimes
Community Living
Rehabilitation hospitals

Blindness and vision-loss related organizations

Canadian Council of the Blind
Alliance for the Equality of Blind Canadians
Regroupement des aveugles et amblyopes du Québec
Canadian Deafblind Association
CNIB Foundation
Vision rehabilitation service providers such as Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada (CNIB) and Balance for Blind Adults
Local optometrists

Physical disability-related organizations

Organizations for people with learning disabilities or other disabilities relating to comprehension

Organizations for Seniors

Retirement homes and long-term care homes
Seniors associations, centres and clubs
Seniors centre without walls (telephone-based senior's discussion groups)
CARP chapters

Education-related

Local schools, especially teacher librarians and special education staff
Special education advisory committees at the school board/district level
Accessibility, special education or disability-focused events and information fairs hosted by schools
Organizations and clubs for students with disabilities at post-secondary level
National Education Association for Disabled Students (NEADS)