CANADIAN RELOCATION
DISABILITY RESOURCES

Moving or relocating to a new city is stressful. If you have a disability or you're moving with a special needs child, this stress can be multiplied. Fortunately there is help at hand to assist you in finding and outfitting your new home, helping you find your health care services, identifying benefits available to you in your new city and province and much more. We have compiled a collection of resources that can help make your transition to your new home much smoother.

The U. N. definition of disability:

Impairment: Any loss of abnormality of psychological, or anatomical structure or function.

Disability: Any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being

Handicap: A disadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or disability, that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role that is normal, depending on age, sex, social and cultural factors, for that individual.

Handicap is therefore a function of the relationship between disabled persons and their environment. It occurs when they encounter cultural, physical or social barriers which prevent their access to the various systems of society that are available to other citizens. Thus, handicap is the loss or limitation of opportunities to take part in the life of the community on an equal level with others.

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