To access COVID resources from CAMH and H-CARDD:
www.hcarddcovid.com/info.
To access videos mentioned during the keynote presentation:
- From victims to advocates: People with developmental disabilities are changing the health-care system:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/from-victims-to-advocates-people-with-developmental-disabilities-are-changing-the-health-care-system-1.5360851 - Better Practice, Better Health: Listening and learning from patients and families
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gRmdbEe65c&list=PLNuPQneaGMwCgYIDHdawgSQQA9AYoe8hx&index=1&t=4s
More resources:
- Family Matters Toolkit offers tools and resources for family caregivers; this page of the toolkit offers a list of resources available to families and self-advocates:
https://familymatters.ddtoolkits.com/resources.html -
Sibling study, “Exploring the experiences of siblings of adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities during the COVID‐19 pandemic”. More information for adult sibs can be found at:
www.sibcollab.ca - A Family Guide to Dual Diagnosis (this guide written pre-covid but may have some helpful information):
https://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/guides-and-publications/dual-diagnosis-guide-en.pdf -
It’s national caregivers month! Ottawa resident Donna Thomson wrote this piece last week:
https://www.donnathomson.com/
Invitation to a mindfulness group for autistic adults and their caregivers
Some of you seemed to enjoy the mindfulness activity. CAMH are offering a mindfulness group for autistic adults and their caregivers group starting November 14th (there are still a few spots). You can find more information about this group and other mindfulness groups for families, and for people with disabilities, by emailing us at mindfulness.research@camh.ca.
