Specialized support services

Helping adult Albertans with disabilities access specialized services in their communities.

Overview

Community agencies help adults with disabilities to access services they may not be able to qualify for or get through other means.

They can help you connect with specialized supports and services such as:

  • independent living skills training and/or mentoring
  • volunteer opportunities and recreational supports
  • supports for managing vision loss
  • interpreter and intervener services
  • adaptive equipment
  • community services

Contact

For more information, contact your nearest community agency.

Edmonton

Easter Seals Alberta

Toll free: 1-877-732-7837
Fax: 780-429-1937
Email: info@easterseals.ab.ca, OR edmonton@easterseals.ab.ca

Address:
404 Mayfield Business Centre
10525 170 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5P 4W2

Voice of Albertans with Disabilities
(formerly Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities)

Phone: 780-488-9088
Toll free: 1-800-387-2514
Fax: 780-488-3757
Email: vad@vadsociety.ca
Website: www.vadsociety.ca

Address:
106, 10423 178 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta T5S 1R5

Spinal Cord Injury Alberta, Head Office

Phone: 780-424-6312
Toll free: 1-888-654-5444
Fax: 780-424-6313
Email: edmonton@sci-ab.ca
Website: http://www.sci-ab.ca

Address:
Suite 400, Hys Centre
11010 101 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5H 4B9

Calgary

Calgary Alternative Support Services (CASS)

Phone: 403-283-0611
Fax: 403-283-0691
Email: main@c-a-s-s.org
Website: http://www.c-a-s-s.org/

Address:
Main CASS Office
#2335 30 Avenue NE
Calgary Alberta T2E 7C7

CNIB Head Office

Phone: 403-266-8831
TTY: 403-264-0105
Fax: 403-265-5029
Email: alberta@cnib.ca
Website: http://www.cnib.ca/en/alberta/Pages/default.aspx

Address:
10 11A Street NE
Calgary, Alberta T2E 4Z3
or
15 Colonel Baker Place NE
Calgary, Alberta T2E 4Z3

Deaf and Hear Alberta

Phone: 403-284-6200
Fax: 403-282-7006
Email: info@deafandhearalberta.ca
Website: http://www.dhhs.ca/

Address:
63 Cornell Rd NW
Calgary, Alberta T2L 0L4

Lethbridge

Lethbridge Family Services

Phone: 403-327-5724
Fax: 403-329-4924
Website: http://www.lfsfamily.ca/

Address:
1107 2 Avenue ‘A’ North
Lethbridge, Alberta T1H 0E6