ABILITY SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
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Mission Statement
Building a caring community.
About This Cause
Founded in 1979, we started as a program led by parents of children with cerebral palsy. The program was housed at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, and provided information and education related to assistive technology for children with special needs and their families. We quickly realized we had the capability of not only assisting children and their families but also adults with special needs. In 1984 we became a nonprofit, charitable organization named the Technical Resource Centre, and in 1998, we rebranded as the Ability Society, incorporating seniors into our service delivery while continuing to be an advocate for persons with special needs in the community. We have continue to respond to the needs of the community and are proud of our innovative history. To reflect the diversity of programming under the Ability Society, the agency was structured with Enterprise4Good to direct the varied operations of Home4Good (programs for seniors), Good4U (social enterprise), and Ability4Good (programs for children and families). We focus on providing services where they are needed most that are self-sustaining, cause-related and entrepreneurial. Enterprise4Good is an organization dedicated to abandoning the old charitable model by engaging the revolutionary new model of Social Enterprise. We are successful pioneers. We focus on engaging and connecting people who care about social issues in their communities locally and globally to provide sustainable services, while at the same time working to permanently solve issues and problems. We are made up of several entities all with the aim of creating caring communities and helping those in need, through Social Enterprise. Social Enterprise uses business methodology to accomplish a public good. For over 20 years we have successfully created brand new business practices to provide individuals and communities with the tools and services they need to bring about lasting social change. We will never stop innovating. Ability4Good is a community-based nonprofit, operating as a part of Enterprise4Good. We develop social networks, offer services and create caring communities for those that are most vulnerable so they can live with dignity, achieving their goals and aspirations. Ability4Good offers parenting, respite-aide, and group recreation programs for families of children with disabilities. We provide family-centered, play-based approach specialized services that promote special needs children participation in activities of normal daily living.