Community Involvement
Featured Charity: Kids Ability
KidsAbility’s passionate and dedicated staff team provides life-changing programs and services to over 4,500 children and youth with special needs each year throughout Waterloo Region and Wellington County.
Together with many community partners, KidsAbility provides an integrated and coordinated approach to care for children who cannot walk or talk properly; premature and "at risk" babies; preschoolers who need support and therapy to be successful in school; and children with complex medical syndromes who require therapy and medical support benefit from a wide variety of services offered.
It takes the support of our entire community to enable KidsAbility to assist as many children as possible. Through the generous donations from individuals, organizations and service clubs and through events such as golf tournaments and the annual Kids Can’t Wait Radiothon, donations help to provide every child with the opportunity to live the best life possible by reaching their full potential.
Programs & Services
| Speech & Language* |
Occupational Therapy |
Social Work |
Therapeutic Recreation |
| Medical Services |
Groups |
Camps |
Early Childhood Education |
| Workshops |
Waitlist Support Services |
Augmentative Communication Services |
Seating and Mobility Clinic |
| Orthotics Clinic |
Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Clinic |
Assessment |
Intervention |
| Infant Hearing Programs |
Auditory Verbal Therapy |
Autism Intervention Services *Waterloo Region |
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Sites
Waterloo - 2,300 Clients Served
• 500 Hallmark Drive
Cambridge - 1,200 Clients Served
• 250 Hespeler Road
Mount Forest - 50 Clients Served
• 311 Foster Street
Guelph - 700 Clients Served
• 21 Imperial Road South
• 340 Woodlawn Road West
Fergus - 100 Clients Served
• 160 St. David’s Street South
Kitchener - Opening in June
• 65 Hanson Avenue
Logan - Kitchener-Waterloo Ambassador
Nicole and Adam noticed that Logan wasn’t sitting up like other children his age. They began to ask questions, and when he was 12-months old they received the news from their pediatrician: Logan had Cerebral Palsy. It wasn’t long after first receiving this diagnosis that KidsAbility quickly became a second home for their young family.
At 2 ½ years of age, Logan delights in riding his bike, watching his favourite show Four Square and absolutely loves to paint and swim. Logan also loves coming to KidsAbility; a sentiment shared by his parents. "For us being a parent is already a new and sometimes scary thing. Add into the mix a child with a disability and it’s even more complicated," says Nicole and Adam. "KidsAbility has given us a safety zone. A place where we can ask all the questions we need about Logan and his Cerebral Palsy." They are quick to credit KidsAbility with making one of their goals for Logan a reality: walking. Today, he is walking with the aid of his walker. Just like many parents, Logan’s parents dream of the day when they can watch their son run and kick the ball--without his walker. The ability to walk was a huge milestone that was achieved because Logan benefitted from physiotherapy early in his young life at KidsAbility. His parents appreciate the quality of care that Logan continues to receive and know that this is just the beginning for him.
"Our hope is that his disability does not own or restrict him from what he really wants in life."
For more information on KidsAbility visit www.kidsability.ca