Links & Resources Recommended by The Speech Clinic

Professional Organizations

• American Speech-Language Hearing Association
• American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology (AAPPSPA)
• The College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario
• The Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
• Community Care Access Centre
• The Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists

Assistance Organizations & Informational Sites

Publically Funded & Social Assistance

• Bloorview MacMillan
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• Children’s Treatment Network
• Community Care Access Centre
• Easter Seals
• Erin Oak
• The Hospital for Sick Children
• March of Dimes
• Ontario Early Years
• Public Safety
• Telehealth
• Toronto Rehab
• Veterans Affairs

Autism

• Autism Awareness
• Autism Treatment Services of Canada
• Beyond Words
• Geneva Centre for Autism
• The Hanen Centre

Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke

• Brain Injury Services (BIS) for Muskoka Simcoe
• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
• LearNet (resource for families, therapists and clients with ABI)
• Ontario Brain Injury Association
• Ontario Stroke Network
• The Aphasia Institute
• The Experience Project – stroke support group
• The National Aphasia Association

Adult and Senior Concerns:

• Alzheimer’s Society
• Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health
• Canadian Elder Law
• Huntington Society of Canada
• Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
• Parkinson Society of Canada
• The ALS Society of Canada
• The Arthritis Society
• The Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
• The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

Other:

• Apraxia Kids
• Canadian Cancer Society
• Canadian Diabetes Association
• Canadian Downs Syndrome
• Canadian National Institute for the Blind
• Canadian Stuttering Association
• Ministry of Children and Youth Services
• Down Syndrome Association of Ontario
• Learning disabilities Association of Ontario
• Ontario Association for Families of Children with Communication Disorders
• Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy
• Speak Easy
• The Canadian Association for People-Centred Health
• The Canadian Hearing Society
• The International Dyslexia Association
• Wellspring Cancer Support
• Speech and Stuttering Institute
• Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act

How We Can Help

• Accent Reduction
• Apraxia of Speech
• Articulation Difficulties
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
• Autism
• Brain/Head Injury and Cognitive Communication Disorders
• Central Auditory Processing Difficulties
• Language Delays
• Listening, Reading and Writing Problems
• Neurological Causes – ALS, Parkinson’s, MS, Alzheimer’s, Dementia
• Social Communication Skills and Groups
• Stroke Rehabilitation – Including Aphasia
• Stuttering and Fluency
• Swallowing Difficulties (Dysphagia)
• Voice Difficulties