Transcript AlterGo - Leisure Information Network

AlterGo – City
of Montreal
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN ACTION
ACPL- AQLM October 2003
An end to exclusion
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Forum presented in conjunction with the
National Conference on Parks and Leisure
by partners working for universal
accessibility
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Linda Roy, City of Montreal and
Monique Lefebvre, AlterGo
A united effort for the greater
good!
Working together means sharing a
vision!
A positive approach
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Spirit of innovation
Bold initiatives
Unyielding determination
Humility
Political will
Spirit of innovation
• Doing things differently
• Measuring performance
Bold initiatives
• Initiatives based on common interests and
goals; not inflexible positions
• Partnership
• Strategic alliances
Unyielding determination
• The right approach to planning and
administration
• Direction
• Strategies
• All concerned parties
Humility
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Asking hard questions
Seeing ourselves through others
I am not a victim!
It’s not my fault!
Political will
• Support
• Recognition
• Investment
– Human resources
– $$$$
Question period
Forum for open dialogue
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A partnership for over 25 years
A way to change attitudes
An atmosphere of mutal understanding
A place to exchange ideas and experiences
One mission
• Encourage participation in leisure pursuits
for persons with disabilities through
dialogue
Objectives
• Promote equality in terms of accessibility to
leisure activites for disabled persons in
Montreal;
• Ensure that disabled persons have the same
choices as all citizens;
Objectives (cont’d)
• Co-ordinate strategies leading to complete
participation by persons with disabilities;
• Find common solutions to obstacles
encountered by persons with disabilities;
• Facilitate collaboration between
representatives of the City of Montreal and
those representing persons with disabilities.
Question period
Access to programs and services
• The 4 areas to organize
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Offer of service aspect
Communications aspect
Universal accessibility aspect
Human aspect
«IT takes a new way of thinking to
bring about a new way of acting
toward others!» Serge Lamontagne, StLaurent
Adapted offer of service aspect
• Willingness by partners of the City to offer
services to persons with disabilities
• Integrated participation and participation of
disabled persons
• Support for the development of adapted
programs – accompaniment in leisure or
devlopment of specialized activity sites
Accompaniment as
a means to
encourage and
promote
accessibility to
leisure activities for
persons with
disabilities
Accompaniment in leisure
• Objectives
– Ensure that any person with
a disability (regardless of
the type of disability) can
participate in leisure
activities within a standard
of specialized structure
– Offer financial aid to
organizations seeking to
provide accompaniment
services
Accompaniment in leisure
• Organizations participating in program Montreal
region - 2002
– Standard organizations: 71
– Specialized organizations: 16
18%
Standard
organizations
Specialized
organizations
82%
Accompaniment in leisure
• Program participants 2002
by disability type – Montreal region
2%
26%
39%
15%
1%
16%
1%
Auditory
Intellectual
Visual
Physical
Mental Health
Autistic
Multiple disabilities
Accompaniment in leisure
• Positive benefits
– Much-appreciated program
– Encourages improval integration of disabled
persons
– Mutually enriching experience
– Greater choice in terms of providing leisure
services and activities
– Activities offered closer to home
– Developping partnerships
Adapted offer of service aspect
• Policy of supporting organizations responsible for
leisure activities targeted toward disabled persons
• Planning interaction and use of adapted transport
services
• Develop way to measure performance – adapted
for a disabled clientele
• Establish minimum norms for the support of
adapted services and activities within
organizations
Adapted offer of service aspect
• Participation in general community life and
development projects by organizations responsible
for leisure activities for disabled persons
• Plan for inclusion of disabled persons in programs
and activities organized by community, e.g.
Montreal Games, festivals, etc.
• Inter-district dialogue forums to oversee services
for disabled persons
Question period
Communication aspect
• Accessibility of information for persons with a
visual disability – information available on audio
cassette or CD, etc.
• Accessibility through sign posting, symbols, icons,
etc.
• Accessibility of services for persons with an
auditory disability (e.g. installation of magnetic
loop) – an adapted theatre production, interpreted
for the hearing impaired, offered a few times a
year
Communication aspect
• Publication of pertinent information
regarding services offered to persons with
disabilities in directories, brochures –
accessibility of sites, rates for
accompaniment, offer of adapted services,
etc.
• Create an atmosphere where persons with
disabilities feel welcome!
Environmental accessibility
aspect
• Plan improvements regarding the
accessibility of equipment and installations
– collaboration within sector to identify and
prioritize needs
• Review of plans by expert in accessibility
and consultation with community
organizations representing persons with
disabilities when projects initiated
Human aspect
• Develop and jmprove skills among
personnel responsible for customer service
for persons with disabilities
• Form positive attitudes and pass on
knowledge e.g. training of day camp staff,
training of management team for improved
access to programs and services
The importance of leisure
• Leisure is considered a right for all citizens
by 95.3% of the population
• In Quebec, leisure falls under municipal
jurisdiction
City of Montreal
• The entity responsible for providing citizens
with a variety of service in sectors such as
culture, sports, leisure and social
development
• The administration of services in culture,
sports, leisure and social development
sectors is overseen at the district level
The roles of concerned parties
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Elected officials
Leisure administrators
AlterGo
Organizations overseeing leisure activities
for persons with disabilities
Leisure as a means of social
intregration
The Defi Sportif
• Encourages and promotes participating in
sports and active lifestyle for persons with
disabilities
• Represent a dynamic and positive image of
persons with disabilities
A vision
• The Defi Sportif – created in 1984
– An annual multi-sport competition where elite
athletes guide the youth
– A gathering of athletes fromj all disability
groups
– 21st édition from April 28 to May 2, 2004
2300 determined athletes
An international competition
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16 disciplines – 550 volunteers
5 days of competition
3 competition sites in Montreal
Over 100 partners
Special events
Question period
How to reach us
Linda Roy
Director for Culture, Sports, Leisure and Social Development
for Rivière-des-Prairies, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal East
E-mail : [email protected]
Tel. : (514) 872-6383
How to reach us
Monique Lefebvre
Executive Director – AlterGo
E-mail : [email protected]
Tel. : (514) 933-2739, ext. 222
AlterGo
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN ACTION