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The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. We defend the rights of blind people of all ages and provide information and support to families with blind children, older Americans who are losing vision, and more. Founded in 1940, the NFB is the transformative membership and advocacy organization of blind Americans with affiliates, chapters, and divisions in the fifty states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico. Together, with love, hope, and determination, we transform dreams into reality.

On December 16, 1955, a group of dedicated parents founded what is now called Community Living Victoria. Today, as the largest non-profit community living service provider on Vancouver Island, Community Living Victoria provides a range of support services to children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families. Our work is guided by our values, experience and history and draws from strong roots in the community. Community Living Victoria recognizes the rights of everyone to have a full range of life choices, including access to education, affordable and appropriate housing, leisure options, gainful employment and participation in the community. A healthy community encourages the involvement of everyone.

Community Living Dufferin envisions communities that create opportunities to connect all people to a place where: Following your dreams is encouraged, Everyone can live with respect and dignity, Everyone can participate and contribute their gifts and talents. We believe in the individuality and uniqueness of each person, and in each person's right to live with dignity as a valued member of our community. We create a culture of learning for all and believe in everyone's ability to contribute to their own well being as well as the economic, social and cultural dimensions of our community. We ensure this through the provision of life enriching programs offered to the people CLD supports by listening to their wants and needs.

The Independent Living Movement is founded on the rights of people with disabilities to: > Live with dignity in their chosen communities. > Participate in all aspects of their lives. > Control and make decisions about their own lives. Canadians with disabilities have skills, determination, creativity and a passion for life. They want to contribute to the economic, political and cultural life of their communities. However barriers still exist, old attitudes, outdated laws and inflexible approaches. We have a compelling vision of a Canada that is able to tap into this incredible resource. We currently run 5 programs: > Life Skills > Information & Resources > Peer Support > Volunteer > LEARN Program. For more information please visit our website.

Benefits of Therapeutic Riding The rhythmic side-to-side, forward, and backward movement of the horse mimics the human gait, moving a rider's pelvis and torso in the same motion as walking. This stimulation gently relaxes taught muscles and improves core strength, balance, and coordination. Learning new routines, sequencing, and accessing short-term memory skills assist individuals who otherwise may experience difficulty with these tasks. The real success of therapeutic riding comes from most riders being highly motivated to learn new skills, simply because they genuinely enjoy riding!

STRATEGIC PRIORITIES • Education: To develop, update and distribute educational resources and programs for multiple-birth individuals and their families in Canada • Connecting: To develop and distribute, educational resources and programs for service providers, health care and support organizations which serve multiple-birth individuals and their families in Canada • Accessibility: To improve access to educational information and resources for multiple-birth individuals, families and communities in Canada • Awareness and Public Education: To advance the knowledge of the unique needs of multiple-birth individuals and families in Canada • Sustainability: To improve MBC’s financial sustainability, and organizational and human resources.

We seek to better understand the roots of disease and narrow the gap between new biological insights and impact for patients. The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a research organization that convenes a community of researchers from across many disciplines and partner institutions—MIT, Harvard, and Harvard-affiliated hospitals. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Broad Institute was founded in 2004 to fulfill the promise of genomic medicine—three years after completion of the Human Genome Project, which Broad scientists helped create and lead. Our origins are rooted in genomics, and as biomedical research and knowledge have expanded since 2004, so have we. Our researchers are deeply collaborative, nimbly launching innovative, high-risk projects at every scale, inventing new technologies, building and implementing computational tools, developing new therapeutics to advance into the clinic, mentoring and training the next generation of scientists, and sharing our data and tools openly to enable breakthroughs anywhere. Accelerating biomedical research and improving human health require diversity of all kinds in our community—in education, training, background, perspectives, interests, and identity—because it expands our creativity in how we approach problems and find solutions. Broad aims to ensure that the benefits of genomic medicine are shared by all.

CureDuchenne is committed to improving the lives of everyone affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) through accelerating research to find the cure, improving care and empowering the Duchenne community. From creating the first Duchenne-specific physical therapy education program and enabling human clinical trials for the first-ever FDA-approved drug for these patients, to launching a supplemental newborn screening initiative, we believe in tackling Duchenne from every angle. Duchenne is a 100% fatal genetic disease and the most common form of muscular dystrophy, which affects mostly boys. There are over 300,000 patients worldwide and 15,000 in the US.

L'ARCHE SYRACUSE, INC. IS A FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION. OUR MISSION IS TO (1) MAKE KNOWN THE GIFTS OF PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, REVEALED THROUGH MUTUALLY TRANSFORMING RELATIONS, (2) FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT IN COMMUNITY THAT RESPONDS TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF OUR MEMBERS, BEING FAITHFUL TO THE CORE VALUES OF OUR FOUNDING STORY, (3) ENGAGE IN OUR DIVERSE CULTURES, WORKING TOWARD A MORE HUMANE SOCIETY. WE OPERATE FOUR HOMES FOR SIXTEEN ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND PROVIDE 24 HOUR RESIDENTIAL HABILITATION FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. WE ALSO PROVIDE DAY HABILITATION SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

Parasites Without Borders will establish a series of resources that emphasizes all aspects of parasitic diseases. These resources will be related to the identification, prevention and treatment of these infectious agents. These resources will involve the production of textbooks (initially the 6th edition of Parasitic Diseases). This textbook has been internationally recognized as the seminal medical reference for basic and clinical information summarizing what is currently known regarding the major parasitic infections that infect humans. We will produce on-line comprehensive courses on parasitic diseases as well as other resources to serve to disseminate basic and clinical information dealing with all the aspects of the global problem of parasitic disease.

The Canadian Mental Health Association (Saskatchewan Division) Inc.: is one of the oldest and largest community-based human services organizations in Saskatchewan fights to reduce the stigma of mental illness through public education provides educational opportunities to help the public understand mental health issues provides services to schools, communities and individuals promoting Mental HEALTH for everyone advocates for consumers of mental health services Branches offer social and vocational programs to people with mental illness, unlocking the door to a better quality of life depends on volunteers to provide leadership and guidance in all areas of the association.

GO-MED was started informally during the latter half of 2009 by several nurses, surgeons, and anesthetists who have been on previous overseas medical missions with other excellent organizations, such as Operation Rainbow and Health for Humanity. They decided that they wanted to expand their range, however, in several ways. They wanted to: 1. include a variety of surgeries according to the expertise of the surgeons who volunteer for a given mission; 2. include, as patients, adults as well as children; 3. include health education focused on the prevention of illness; 4. include a variety of global destinations, with perceived need being one of the critical criteria for selection.