Tuesday, June 22, 2010

City and LACL toast a partnership

The city and the Lakehead Association for Community Living are celebrating a birthday. The Inclusion Services program for Association clients has been operating for 5 years. Executive Director Ken Pickard says it's allowed the clients to be involved directly in the community.  He says it means people with mental disabilities don't need to take segregated recreation classes, they can take them with everyone else.   Pickard calls that achieving citizenship.   There are 80 Association clients in the program.