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[email protected] 613.798.2411 Call 613-798-4696, ext. 256 Ottawa Jewish Bulletin APRIL 30, 2018 | IYYAR 15, 5778 ESTABLISHED 1937 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM | $2 HOWARD SANDLER There were few dry eyes at the April 13 press conference when the Tamir choir sang Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World,’ led by Joel Yan. $5.1-million Ontario grant to fuel Tamir project Ottawa’s first Integrated Living Centre to benefit people with developmental disabilities BY PAULINE COLWIN Tamir’s executive director. “Individuals with developmental disabilities face amir saved my life,” explains Barbara many challenges,” Palmer told the more than 50 invit- Grinfeld. ed guests in attendance, including MPP Yasir Naqvi, Grinfeld is a “Tamir mom.” Her son, Ottawa Deputy Mayor Mark Taylor, health-care repre- Danny, a sociable, happy young man, has a sentatives, Tamir and Federation board members, and ‘T“catastrophic epileptic syndrome,” coupled with devel- community members. opmental disabilities. Just over a year ago, Danny, now “They are among our most vulnerable in society. in his early 20s, moved to a Tamir residence. For the Many need help with the basic activities of daily liv- Grinfelds, this was life-saving and life-altering. Not only ing, things you and I take for granted. They often have is Danny thriving in a friendly, active and safe environ- complex medical needs, but they want to find mean- ment, but the immense 24/7 strain of caregiving has ingful ways of engaging in society.