Inclusion NS est un organisme provincial à but non lucratif qui s’engage à faire en sorte que les personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle et leur famille bénéficient du soutien dont elles ont besoin pour vivre pleinement et de manière inclusive dans la communauté.
Inclusion NS collabore de façon stratégique avec des organismes de défense des droits des personnes vivant avec un handicap et, plus particulièrement, avec l’organisme People First Nova Scotia.
NOS OBJECTIFS
· Aider les familles à devenir des chefs de file en matière d’inclusion et d’égalité.
· Sensibiliser les gens à la capacité et à la valeur des personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle en tant que citoyens à part entière et contribuant à la société.
· Promouvoir des politiques et des pratiques auprès du gouvernement et des organismes communautaires qui permettent et favorisent la pleine inclusion des personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle dans toutes les facettes de la vie communautaire.
· Déboulonner les mythes et lutter contre les idées préconçues concernant la valeur et l’apport des personnes vivant avec un handicap.
· Créer des ressources sur la manière de faire de l’inclusion une réussite à la maison, à l’école, sur le lieu de travail et dans la communauté.
· Aider les communautés à accroître leur capacité à inclure tout le monde.
Notre vision et notre mission
Notre vision
Toutes les personnes, y compris celles vivant avec une déficience intellectuelle, ont leur place dans la société et sont pleinement intégrées à la vie communautaire.
Notre mission
Inclusion NS est un organisme provincial à but non lucratif regroupant des personnes vivant avec une déficience intellectuelle, des familles et d’autres personnes qui ouvrent la voie à l’édification d’une société juste et inclusive. Nous y parvenons en motivant et en soutenant les personnes et les familles, en faisant la promotion des droits et des valeurs conformément à la Convention des Nations Unies relative aux droits des personnes handicapées (CNUDPH), en encourageant les réformes et en collaborant avec d’autres organismes pour la justice sociale.
What our families built
Almost every right that people with intellectual disabilities have in Nova Scotia today exists because families pushed for it.
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When public schools refused to enroll children with intellectual disabilities, our families raised the money and opened the classrooms themselves. Those classrooms became the proof the province needed to open public education to all children. Today, we work toward fully inclusive schools.
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When adults had nowhere to go during the day, our families opened workshops and activity centres. Over time, those segregated programs evolved into real employment support, with people earning real wages alongside their neighbours.
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When institutions were the only option, our families pushed for community living. The group home model started here. Individualized supports are growing here. People decide where they live and who they live with.
These changes did not happen by chance. They happened because families, self-advocates, and friends refused to accept less.
Notre vision et notre mission
Despite everything that has been won, parents in Nova Scotia still fight for inclusive classrooms. People still wait too long for the support they need to live in their own homes. Employers still need to see what is possible.
We know there is more to do before people with intellectual disabilities fully claim their rights as equal citizens. We work in partnership with other disability rights organizations, including Nova Scotia People First, to keep that work moving forward.
Notre vision et notre mission
À propos de nous
Inclusion Nova Scotia is guided by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). We believe it is the document that best describes and advances the rights of people with disabilities.
Our values and principles sit on top of that foundation.
Equality
Every person has inherent and equal worth. Worth is not earned, given, or accumulated. It has nothing to do with ability, disability, health, or any personal characteristic. Everyone is entitled to equal access, equal opportunity, and the support needed to fully participate.
Dignity
Every person has dignity simply because they exist. Dignity does not depend on what someone can do, and it cannot be taken away.
Respect
Every person is entitled to respect. Respect means recognizing the dignity in every person.
Freedom and social justice
People with intellectual disabilities should be welcomed, free, and valued as full members of their communities. That requires the supports and services to make it real.
Human rights
People with intellectual disabilities have the same rights and responsibilities as every other Canadian. They are entitled to equal protection under the law, and to the supports they need to reach equality.
Diversity and inclusion
We work toward a Nova Scotia where everyone belongs. A place where people with intellectual disabilities feel acceptance and citizenship, where their needs are met through the same agencies and services everyone else uses, with extra support added when needed.
Choice and self-determination
Self-determination is the heart of citizenship. People have the right to live in their community, to make their own decisions, to take risks, and to shape their own well-being.
Interdependence
We all rely on one another for love and support. People with intellectual disabilities are citizens who contribute to their families, communities, and society. Families are the gateway to inclusive community life.
Valuing human potential
Every person can grow. Every person deserves the chance to grow physically, intellectually, socially, emotionally, and spiritually.
Notre vision et notre mission
A Nova Scotia where every person, including people with intellectual disabilities, belongs and is fully included in community life.
Notre vision et notre mission
Inclusion Nova Scotia is a province-wide, not-for-profit association of people with intellectual disabilities, their families, and others working together to build a just and inclusive society. We do that by supporting individuals and families, promoting the rights and values of the UNCRPD, and partnering with other organizations to push for change.
Notre vision et notre mission
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Support families to lead the work for inclusion and equality
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Build awareness of the value and capacity of people with intellectual disabilities as full citizens
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Push policies and practices that include people with intellectual disabilities in every part of community life
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Challenge myths and outdated ideas about disability
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Create practical resources for inclusion at home, at school, at work, and in the community
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Help communities grow their ability to include everyone
Notre vision et notre mission
Inclusion Nova Scotia is part of something bigger. Through Inclusion Canada, we work alongside 13 provincial and territorial associations and more than 300 local groups. Through Inclusion International, our work connects to families and self-advocates around the world.
We are family-led. We are rights-based. And we believe Nova Scotia, and Canada, are at their best when everyone belongs.
You are welcome to join us.