Toolkits and guides from external sources for youth with disabilities, families and service providers.
Our Kids' Health Learning Hub - created by Our Kids' Health, this hub provides credible, evidence-based health information for culturally-diverse families in multiple languages.
Source: Our Kids' Health. Learning Hub [Internet]. Toronto, Ontario: Our Kids' Health [cited 2025 Mar 21].
The Inclusive Workplace Hub - created by The Inclusive Workplace, this hub supports employees who are on the autism spectrum or who have intellectual disabilities find and keep employment.
Source: The Inclusive Workplace [Internet]. Oshawa, Ontario: The Inclusive Workplace [cited 2025 Apr 15].
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Addressing Stigma and Discrimination Toward Children and Youth with Disabilities Through Social and Behaviour Change - created by UNICEF, this toolkit offers strategies for making services more accessible and inclusive.
Source: UNICEF. Addressing stigma and discrimination toward children and youth with disabilities through SBC [Internet]. Geneva: UNICEF [cited 2025 Jan 24].
Discrimination: What can I do about it? - created by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, this toolkit provides advice on what to do if you are a victim of discrimination, including how to file a human rights complaint
Source: Canadian Human Rights Commission. Discrimination: What can I do about it? Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Human Rights Commission [cited 2025 Jan 24].
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10 Tips to Help Make Health Care Inclusive for People with Disabilities - created by McMaster University, these tips aim to make health services more inclusive for people with disabilities.
Source: McMaster University. 10 tips to help make health care inclusive for people with disabilities [Internet]. Hamilton, Ontario: McMaster University [cited 2025 Jan 24].
Gender and identity: Support and resources - created by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), these resources support youth and families with gender identity and sexual orientation.
Source: The Hospital for Sick Children. Gender and identity: Support and resources [Internet]. Toronto, Ontario: The Hospital for Sick Children [cited 2025 Feb 6].
Job Demands and Accommodation Planning Tool (JDAPT) - created by the Institute for Work and Health's Accommodating and Communicating about Episodic Disabilities (ACED) research partnership, this online tool identifies strategies for making job requirements more inclusive and flexible for workers with disabilities.
Source: The Institute for Work and Health, Accommodating and Communicating about Episodic Disabilities (ACED) research partnership. JDAPT for a job [Internet]. Toronto, Ontario: The Institute for Work and Health [cited 2025 Apr 15].
Policy on ableism and discrimination based on disability - from the Ontario Human Rights Commission, this guide provides information on accommodations, discrimination, and responding to discrimination.
Source: Ontario Human Rights Commission. Policy on ableism and discrimination based on disability. Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Human Rights Commission [cited 2025 Apr 29].
Sexual Health Promotion: A Guide for Service Providers Working with Disabled Youth - created by the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada, this guide provides recommendations for service providers on adopting disability-affirming and sex/gender positive approaches.
Source: Sex Information and Education Council of Canada. Sexual health promotion: A guide for service providers working with disabled youth. Toronto, Ontario: Sex Information and Education Council of Canada [cited 2025 Jan 24].
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