Wainwright Association for Community Living

03/21/2026

Happy Birthday to our friend and Program Coordinator Marilyn 🎈. Have a wonderful day.!

03/19/2026

Glad to have you back Jared! 😊🎉🏡

03/18/2026

As Inclusion Alberta’s Philip Ney explained, “Some people will hear this as good news. But there’s a really big problem here, and that’s that Bill 12 redefined eligibility for AISH, and it defined it as a severe disability that makes somebody permanently unemployable.”

For decades, people with intellectual disabilities have been working in their communities with the support of inclusive employers. Inclusion Alberta alone has helped 1,600 people with intellectual disabilities find jobs.

But this change creates a troubling choice.

“People with disabilities are having to choose between a benefit cut and scraping by in the job market, or else having their benefits maintained, but giving up on the possibility of employment,” Ney said.

Read the full article on the curated new page of our website here: https://inclusionalberta.org/curated-news-content/

03/17/2026

03/07/2026

At 2:00 am tomorrow morning, we will spring forward one hour for daylight saving time.

03/06/2026

03/05/2026

Wainwright Association for Community Living wishes to extend its deepest appreciation for the significant donation we recently received. This generous contribution will directly benefit the individuals we serve and will support ongoing programs that promote their well‑being, independence, and quality of life. We are truly grateful for this exceptional support.

02/26/2026

Today is pink shirt day, spread kindness today and everyday! 💗

02/16/2026

Our office will be closed on Monday, February 16th, for Family Day! We will resume normal operations on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 8:30 a.m.
We hope you all have a wonderful long weekend!

01/14/2026

The needs are not special.
The design is different.

Every human shares core needs: safety, communication, rest, autonomy, connection, meaning.

When someone’s needs are labeled “special,” it quietly suggests that the person is the exception—that their needs are unusual, excessive, or outside the norm.

But the needs themselves are not special.
They are human.

What is different is how those needs are met.

Most environments are built for a narrow range of bodies, minds, and nervous systems. When someone engages differently—through movement, silence, pacing, support, routine, or sensory regulation—the mismatch is often framed as a personal deficit.

In reality, what is limited is typical engagement.

“Typical” is not neutral.
It is simply familiar.

When engagement is designed narrowly, difference gets mislabeled as dysfunction. But design differences do not signal lesser capacity—they reveal the constraints of the system.

This is not about lowering standards or offering exceptions.
It is about widening our understanding of access.

The needs are shared.
The pathways are specific.
And when we design with that truth in mind, dignity stops being conditional.