The World Health Organization defines disability as an umbrella term that includes impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. Disabilities may be physical, mental, cognitive, intellectual, sensory, or developmental, and can affect how a person moves, learns, communicates, or experiences the world.
Access to inclusive supports and appropriate health care helps people with disabilities live longer, healthier, and more fulfilling lives.
Report Abuse or Neglect of Adults With Disabilities
Community Living BC is one of the designated responders who investigates reports of abuse, neglect, and self-neglect of vulnerable adults in the province. To make a report, contact the nearest CLBC office.
Learn more about CLBC’s role under the Adult Guardianship Act.
Helpful Organizations
- BC Brain Injury Services
- Community Living BC
- Developmental Disabilities Association of BC
- Disability Alliance of BC
- Live, Educate, Transform, Society (LET’S) – A BC organization run and staffed by disabled and neurodivergent folks, most of whom are 2SLGBTQIA+
- March of Dimes Canada
Documents
- Aging with a Developmental Disability Guide – Community Living BC
