Many Special Needs organizations and support groups connect through Facebook and have their own websites – a good place to start your search.

• CRA – RDSP – savings plan that is intended to help parents and others save for the long term financial security of a person who is eligible for the disability tax credit, contributions are not tax-deductible, withdrawals not treated as income.
• CRA – Disability Tax Credit to reduce caregiver’s taxable income– need physician signed form
• Home School Legal Defense – HSLDA – members only site – has many links for many diagnosis in members only pages.
• Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario – webinars, workshops, self-advocacy, etc
• LHIN – Local Health Initiatives Network (previously CACC) – every town – this is the Ministry of Health
• Closing the Gap program, very important for serious challenges for therapy acquisition
• McMaster Medical Centre – (Hamilton) autistic program run through them, get your paper work in order first
• National Institute for Learning Development – NILD – therapist, parent training
• YouTube videos on ‘how to’ for many therapies – be discerning but these can be helpful.

Autism Spectrum:

• Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison
  
• Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin
• This Anguishing Blessed Journey by Sonya Shafer

Auditory Processing:

• When the Brain Can’t Hear: Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder by Teri James Bellis

Brain Dysfunctions:

• The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge
• Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential by Peg Dawson & Richard Guare
• The Myth of Laziness by Mel Levine
• Different Learners: Identifying, Preventing, and Treating Your Child’s Learning Problems by Jane Healy