What Type of Community Do you Want to Live in?

ParaTranspo Bus and Ramp and Wheelchair on a Ramp

ABLE2's Executive Director, Heather Lacey, encourages everyone to ask the Ottawa Mayor and council candidates what they are planning to do to improve transportation for people with disabilities.

The FASD Symposium is Eastern Canada’s largest annual gathering of everyone connected to the FASD community. This one-day interactive, educational event, with content available in English and French, attracts 400+ people each year. Our theme for 2023 is ‘It is Time for Change’.

Early bird registration opens on October 6, 2022.

FASD Awareness Walk: What a Day!

Saturday, September 10 was sunny and hot but this didn't deter over 100 people, including MPP, Joel Harden, Mayor, Jim Watson, Councillor, Jeff Leiper, Health Nexus' Executive Director, Wendy Katherine and ABLE2's Executive Director, Heather Lacey, walking to raise awareness of FASD and to celebrate those with lived experience.

Event Photos

Faces of ABLE2

“The [Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)] Youth Group has helped me a lot. I was always a person who was closed off and kept to myself. Being with people who are like me made me want to come out more and do more things. … I am so social now. I am someone who is afraid of making mistakes but being part of the Youth Group showed me there is nothing wrong with making mistakes. Being accepted makes me feel so much better about myself. And without the Youth Group, I would not be the happy person I am.”

Kyla

Fetal Alcohol Resource Program

Impacting Lives Together - September 28, 2022

ABLE2 and Reach hosted more than 80 volunteers and donors at the Museum of Nature. It was a night filled with fun, delicious food, drinks, learning, handling starfish, stroking sea cucumbers and networking. And MPP, Joel Harden, joined us to announce a substantial grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to help ABLE2 rebuild its Matching Program volunteer team.

Media Release

Dates for Your Calendar

The Annual Holiday Dinner and Dance is returning on December 11th.

Evening in the Maritimes returns on May 11, 2023.

Upcoming Events

Volunteer with the Matching Program

The pandemic has affected many people and organizations. ABLE2 is no exception. We are now in the rebuilding phase and need more volunteer Allies to support people with disabilities in our Matching Program. With the support of the Ontario Trillium Fund Resilient Communities Grant we launched an advertising campaign on CTV to attract more volunteers and our Executive Director, Heather Lacey, was interviewed on CTV morning.

Please encourage your family and friends to volunteer.

CTV Interview

Community Resources

How Can I Live Independently When I Need Others for Support? The Independence Workshop Series

COVID 19 Bivalent Booster Now Available

Reach Celebrity Auction in association with ABLE2

Reach Higher

ABLE2 has joined forces with Reach - Equality & Justice For People with Disabilities to increase our impact on people with disabilities in our community! Join us on October 26th, 2022, at the 2022 Reach Annual Celebrity Auction to raise funds and empower people with disabilities to build lives of meaning and joy, including fostering access to justice.

The event takes place in the heart of downtown at Queen St. Fare – Ottawa’s first food hall - and features a cocktail-style reception of upscale pub fare along with a carefully curated selection of live and silent auction items.

Purchase Tickets

ABLE2 | Website