Integration of People with PDD, with or without Intellectual Disability in Day Camps
Certain prerequisites foster full participation of people with a disability** in leisure activities. These include transportation services, physically adapted environments, being welcomed by the professionals in charge of the services and shadowing.
The Ministère Éducation, Loisir et Sport manages the Program of Facilitated Access to Recreation for People with Disabilities, in collaboration with Sport et Loisir de l’île de Montréal (SLIM-URLS) and the Associations régionales pour le loisir des personnes handicapées (ARLPH). AlterGo, in Montreal, coordinates this program. The subsidy program entitled “Programme d’accompagnement en loisir pour les personnes handicapées” (PACL), aims to fulfill the shadowing needs of individuals with disabilities.
Organizations and municipalities
When a person registers for a leisure activity offered by a Recreation organization of his community or borough, financial aid can be given to the organization to help with the shadowing needs of that person.
Eligible persons
Any person living with a disability in accordance with “La Loi assurant l’exercice des droits des personnes handicapées en vue de leur intégration scolaire, professionnelle et sociale”, and in need of a shadow for his leisure activities can request this support through an eligible organization.
Procedure – for people with disabilities and their caretakers
1. First identify the organization where you would like to register.
2. Contact this organization to learn about programs and schedules.
3. Make your choice…
| 4.A. If the organization offered shadowing services last year; | 4.B. If the organization did not offer shadowing services; | |
| All you have to do is contact the organization to help them fill out the request form by giving information on the specific needs of the handicapped person.
The organization will send the financial aid request to AlterGo and will eventually inform you of the decision taken. |
You must first give Altergo’s contact information to the organization so it can obtain the request forms.
You must then contact the organization to help them fill out the request form by giving information on the specific needs of the handicapped person.
The organization will send the financial aid request to AlterGo and will eventually inform you of the decision taken. |
You may visit AlterGo’s website at www.altergo.net to get the form and to know the deadline (usually in March). You may also call them at 514-933-2739, ext. 216. The organization must fill out the “Programme d’accompagnement en loisir” form and return it by mail to the following address:
Benzir Begum, AlterGo (PACL)
525, rue Dominion, room 340 – Montreal (Quebec) H3J 2B4
* The text is inspired from a document by the Ministère Éducation, Loisir et Sport.
** The term disability covers few clienteles including people with ASD with or without intellectual delay.