- Lifetime Networks Ottawa

(The old LNO website may still be visited here)

"Relationships are the key to a Good Life"

NEWS

Budget 2010 - The Canadian Government proposes amendments to the RDSP rules
See www.rdspadvisor.ca for details

Posted 2010-03-08

LNO members and some of their Circle of Friends members

"had a ball" at Merivale Bowling Centre. Click on the picture to see the album.
Posted 2010-03-07

Safe and Secure:

An Information session on
Long-term Planning for Adults with Disabilities

Thursday, March 11 6:30 p.m.

A source of major concern and stress to the parents/caregivers of adults with developmental disabilities is what the long term holds for their loved ones. More>>

Posted 2010-03-01

Glow in the Dark Minigolf

LNO members and friends had a blast playing mini golf in the dark followed by pizza and pop. Click on the picture below to see our photo album.

Posted 2010-02-27

Please join us for our annual

"Family Leadership Training"

April 25 - 30th, 2010

This 5-day immersion will be of interest to families, disability leaders and their supporters who want to:

Explore a new conceptual understanding of disability for the 21st century
Create a good life for their family member with a disability
Learn the nuts and bolts of building an organization based on relationships
Construct a vehicle for independent advocacy and strengthen your ability to negotiate and relate to service providers, bureaucrats, lawyers, financial and estate planners
Revitalize the family/parent movement in your area
Integrate values into action
Learn how emerging insights into caring citizenship are relevant to the contributions of persons with disabilities

Download the flyer here

Posted 2010-02-18

Lifetime Networks recruit volunteers at Ashbury College's Volunteer Fair

Network Facilitator Laura Cameron and parent Stephen Kidd represented Lifetime Networks Ottawa at Ashbury College's volunteer fair on Feb. 2nd. Pictures

Posted 2010-02-08

Edu-Advocates here in Ottawa is conducting an Autism survey.

Your response would be appreciated to these 10 short questions!

Posted 2010-01-20

Beyond Graduation Workshop

Posted 2009-12-17

A small but enthusiastic group of volunteers has been working hard since the end of the summer on bringing to Ottawa a workshop originally designed and piloted by PLAN Vancouver. Parents of young adults with a disability who will be leaving the school system in the next few years have been very concerned about what the future will look like for them when school ends. more>>

PLAN's Al Etmanski Named First Paralympic Torchbearer!

Posted 2009-11-28

Today, in a ceremony in Vancouver Al Etmanski the Co-Founder and President of Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN), of which Lifetime Networks Ottawa (LNO) is an affiliate, was named as a first torchbearer for the 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay. More >>