Hosted and maintained by Realize with guidance from members of the Episodic Disabilities Forum, the Forum is your first, online stop for information about living and working (or seeking to work) with episodic disabilities. It is also a great resource for HR professionals, managers, and employers with questions about episodic disabilities in the workplace.
Realize
Realize is the leading national, charitable, organization working to improve the health and well-being of people living with HIV and other conditions that may result in episodic disability, through integrated research, education, policy, and practice (www.realizecanada.org). Realize is a leader in education, research and advocacy and we examine and address the range of complex barriers to inclusion that are faced by people living with episodic disabilities. As the secretariat for the Episodic Disabilities Forum (EDF), we bring individuals together from multiple disability communities and organizations to work on these shared issues.
Episodic Disabilities Forum
The Episodic Disabilities Forum is a pan-Canadian forum that provides expert education, disseminates information to raise awareness of episodic disabilities, and promotes the inclusion of people in Canada who live with episodic disabilities.
Episodic Disabilities Forum participants include:
- The Arthritis Society
- Canadian Breast Cancer Network (CBCN)
- Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW)
- Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
- Realize
- Crohn’s and Colitis Canada
- DisAbled Women’s Network (DAWN) Canada
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada (MS)
- Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Open Policy
- Service Canada
- Coalition des organismes communautaires québécois de lutte contre le sida (COCQ SIDA)
- Institute for Work & Health (IWH)
- Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance
- Mental Health Commission of Canada
- Canadian Cancer Society
- Hidden Disability
- Crohn’s and Colitis Canada
- Epilepsy Canada
- Cystic Fibrosis Canada
- National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS)
- Additional individuals and researchers with an interest in issues related to people living with episodic disabilities.
Membership is open to organizations, associations, academics, researchers and individuals who support the Forum’s mandate and objectives. For information about membership please contact Melissa Egan at melissae@realizecanada.org.