The Centre for Independent Living in Toronto (CILT) is a not for profit organization that supports people with disabilities and addictions.[1] In 1993, CILT advocated to the Government of Ontario for financial support. The aim was to provide support to people with disabilities to pay for their own home care.[2] By 2012, their advocacy succeeded and they were given responsibility for administering such a system.[3] In the early 21st century CILT advocated against ableism and for better support for people with disabilities and improved access to COVID-19 vaccines.[4][5]
In 1993, CILT Executive Director Vic Willey advocated that governments provide funding needed for home care services to people with disabilities.[2]
In 2012, CILT started managing a $1.7 million per annum government-funded program called the Self-Managed Attendance Program. The program initiated a new way of support people with disabilities by giving them the funds needed to hire home care.[3]
CILT hosts the Parenting with a Disability Network.[6][7]
In 2019, CILT co-sponsored a campaign to draw attention to the way in which people with disabilities are excluded from common activities.[8][4]
CILT's paper "CILT: Empowerment and Independent Living" is cited in Dustin Gale's 2018 book Working Towards Equity Disability Rights Activism and Employment in Late Twentieth-century Canada.[9]
^ abcLord, John; Peggy, Hutchinson (2007). Pathways to Inclusion - Building a New Story with People and Communities. Captus Press. p. 113. ISBN9781553221654.
^ abAubrecht, Katie; Kelly, Christine; Rice, Carla (2020). The Aging–Disability Nexus. UBC Press. pp. 97–99. ISBN9780774863704.
^Galer, Dustin (2018). Working Towards Equity Disability Rights Activism and Employment in Late Twentieth-century Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 244. ISBN9781487521301.
