The services are determined by a person’s individual needs and are designed to enable each person to be a fulfilled participatory member of the community. RYGIEL Supports for Community Living provides support to people who have a developmental disability and other handicapping conditions. The services provided are determined by each person’s individual needs and these services will enhance the opp
ortunity for the person to be a fulfilled, participatory member of his/her community. Each person we serve is supported by family, friends and staff to describe their lifestyle dreams and the needs they have. A process known as a Personal Lifestyle Plan is then developed and clear goals are identified. It is our job to help the person, through appropriate assistance, address their needs and work towards realizing the goals. The Agency’s Vision and Mission provide us with a clear direction for our endeavours undertaken on behalf of the people we serve. This may be twenty-four hour accommodation support, semi-independent living support, ongoing short-term assistance through various respite programs, family in-home support, assistance to families with special services at-home contracts, individualized funding contracts, as well as providing support to people in work, volunteer, business, leisure and recreational endeavours. This integrated model of service is driven by the individual’s desires, dreams and needs and carries the potential for a fulfilled life. In 1967, RYGIEL Supports for Community Living opened in West Hamilton by Drs. They privately operated a home for children who had multiple disabilities. The original institutional, medical model has evolved into an individualized, community centered support system that continues to be defined by the current and future desires and needs of those we serve or who are in need of service. Today, RYGIEL Supports for Community Living is a non-profit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. Our mandate directs us to support individuals in our community who have a developmental disability as well as having other disabilities. The manner in which we serve is based on a set of beliefs held by the agency. Our Vision: Every person we support will have a full and meaningful life which means having a home, relationships of all kinds, and a variety of socially valued roles
