Welcome to the Personal Supports website!
This site contains information about and links to programs that provide equipment and assistive devices or other personal supports to persons with disabilities in British Columbia.
If you would like to hear the text read out loud or see it translated into American Sign Language (ASL), click on the ASL icons.
There are a few ways to find the information that you want:
- You can go to the search page to find information on the subject of your choice. Here, you can narrow your search by using more than one criterion at a time (e.g., education AND hearing AND equipment and assistive devices).
- Use the navigation tools on the left of this page.
- Search for programs by functional needs (e.g. seeing, hearing, mobility), organization (e.g. provincial, federal, non-profit), or type of support (e.g. education, employment, equipment and assistive devices).
Personal Supports Program
The Personal Supports Program is part of the provincial government's Disability Strategy. Designed in collaboration with persons with disabilities and other stakeholders, the program will facilitate access to supports (especially equipment and assistive devices) for all people with disabilities who live in British Columbia (including those living in First Nations communities). Initially, the Personal Supports Program will operate and be evaluated in several Personal Support Centres. These centres will allow us to learn through experience the best way to deliver the Personal Supports Program.
See if you are eligible to register in the demonstration phase of the Personal Supports Program (geographic restrictions apply).
The Toll-Free Personal Supports Information Line
If you would like to speak to a Personal Supports representative, you can call our toll-free information line listed below. We will be glad to provide you with information about programs that may be able to provide equipment and assistive devices to meet your needs. Representatives have access to a free telephone translation service that can translate into more than forty languages for callers who find it difficult to communicate in English.
The Toll-Free Personal Supports Information Line - Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 1 888 818-1211
TTY: 1 800 661-8773
