Canadian Association for Community Living


The CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING (CACL) is a Canada-wide federation of 13 provincial and territorial associations that work to advance the human rights and full inclusion of people of all ages with an intellectual disability and their families. Founded in 1958 by parents of children with intellectual disabilities who wanted supports and services within the community instead of in institutions, CACL has become one of Canada's ten largest charitable organizations, and has grown into a federation of 10 provincial and three territorial associations comprising of 420 local associations and over 40,000 members. CACL is a member of Inclusion International, our international federation of 200 national associations that work to advance the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities (www.inclusion- international.org). CACL is also a member of Inclusion Interamericana, an Americas-wide federation of national associations (www.inclusion-ia.org).


Our Mandate CACL believes in the inherent and equal dignity and worth of all people. The central mandate of CACL is to address the economic and social exclusion that people with a disability and their families endure from birth. We work within Canada as well as internationally to advance this mandate.


Disability, International Development and Inclusion Too often people with disabilities and their families have a common experience of exclusion, isolation and poverty. The compelling realities of the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and their families combined with the staggering data on poverty and disability highlight the clear need to combat the poverty and exclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. The World Bank estimates that people with disabilities make up as many as one in five of the poorest of the poor. Based on statistical data, Inclusion International estimates that 26 million people with an intellectual disability live on less than $1 a day.


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