CRADI

Name

CRADI

Legal name

Comité régional pour l'autisme et la déficience intellectuelle

Website

https://cradi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Advocacy Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAFAF

Disability Rights & Accessibility Advocacy

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGACAG

Disability Services & Independent Living Support

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

SECONDARYBPAGADAH

Special Education, Disability Support & Inclusive Education Nonprofits

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Education & Youth Development Nonprofits

SECONDARYBPADAGAH

Minority, Indigenous & Disability Rights

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Human Rights, Democracy & Governance

Keywords

• Disability rights advocacy
• Community organization coordination
• Policy research publications
• Nonprofit advocacy services
• Intellectual disability support

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CRADI is a non-profit advocacy organization that defends the rights and promotes the interests of people living with intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder and their families in Montreal, Quebec. Its core offerings consist of rights defense and representation services, original policy research on aging with intellectual disability, an informational newsletter, annual activity reports, community forums, and membership-based coordination of approximately 20+ community organizations in the DI-TSA sector. The organization acts as the designated spokesperson for the Montreal associative community in intellectual disability and conducts collective advocacy campaigns with partner organizations.

Product overview

CRADI (Comité régional pour l'autisme et la déficience intellectuelle) is a non-profit advocacy organization, not a technology product company. Founded in 1989 and based in Montreal, Quebec, CRADI's core offerings consist of advocacy and rights defense services for people with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorders and their families. Their service offerings include: rights defense and representation, publications and research documents (including research on aging with intellectual disabilities), an informational newsletter (INFOCRADI), community forums, and resource guides. These are advocacy and informational services, not technology products or software offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Membership Program for Community Organizations
• Rights Defense and Representation Services
• Community Forums on Disability Issues

Quantifiable outcome

• The CRADI successfully advocated for the reversal of Directive 047, which had restricted access to day activities for persons hosted in RI-RTF resources.
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mouvement PHAScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 September 2021CRADI collaborated with the Mouvement PHAS to organize the 'Forum Chez moi, mon droit' (September 14-15, 2021), a forum on housing and home support featuring 10 presentations and 5 workshops, attended by approximately 150 participants. CRADI thanked the Mouvement PHAS and all participants in its publication.
• Office des personnes handicapées du Québec (OPHQ)coreOthersOPHQ is the principal funder of CRADI's research on aging with intellectual disability. It funds CRADI's activities and is cited as a key reference for inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in Quebec. CRADI references OPHQ in its rights resources as the body overseeing the Law on the Exercise of Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
• Curateur public du QuébeccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRADI collaborated with the Curateur public du Québec on a metasynthesis research publication (2013) on aging of persons with intellectual disabilities, with Malcolm St-Pierre of the Curateur public co-authoring a chapter. Joint funding and research collaboration on the 2016 needs analysis study.
• Fondation québécoise pour la déficience intellectuelleminorOthersFQDI funded the printing costs of the metasynthesis publication on aging of persons with intellectual disabilities.
• Table de concertation pour l'inclusion en services de garde des enfants ayant besoin de soutien particulier (TISGM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRADI's Director General Dorian Keller signed TISGM's platform of recommendations (June 2026) on early childhood inclusion, developed through a national consultation of over 1,400 early childhood stakeholders. The platform calls for structural changes to support inclusion in early childhood services.
• Réseau québécois de l'action communautaire autonome (RQ-ACA)minorOthersCRADI participates in the SNACA (Semaine nationale de l'action communautaire autonome) organized by RQ-ACA, celebrating the autonomous community action movement. CRADI published the SNACA 2021 bulletin 'L'ACA En pleine effervescence'.
• Member Community Organizations (Montreal DI-TSA)coreOthersCRADI represents and coordinates approximately 20+ member community organizations in Montreal working in the DI-TSA sector, serving as their collective voice and advocacy body.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Table de concertation pour l'inclusion en services de garde des enfants ayant besoin de soutien particulier (TISGM): Coalition of organizations including CRADI focused on inclusion of children with support needs in early childhood services. Comparable in advocacy coalition model and Quebec base, with a narrower early-childhood mandate.
• Réseau international sur le Processus de production du handicap (RIPPH): Quebec-rooted international network developing disability conceptual frameworks and tools (MHAVIE). Comparable to CRADI in disability-rights focus and Quebec base, but more specialized in classification/disability-model research than advocacy delivery.

Others

• Office des personnes handicapées du Québec (OPHQ): Quebec government agency responsible for coordinating disability policy and funding disability organizations including CRADI. Not a direct peer but a principal funder and partner; comparable in mandate scope (disability rights coordination across Quebec) but operating as a government body rather than an autonomous nonprofit.

Direct peers

• Mouvement PHAS: Quebec coalition advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities, with particular focus on housing and home support. CRADI is an active partner; the organization is comparable in mission scope, member-driven structure, and advocacy focus.
• Alliance québécoise pour l'inclusion sociale (AQIS): Provincial Quebec coalition of disability and social-inclusion organizations. Directly comparable to CRADI as a Quebec-wide advocacy and coalition body for persons with disabilities and their families, with a similar member-based structure.
• Regroupement québécois des Associations de personnes dysphasiques (RQAD): Quebec coalition advocating for persons with specific learning disabilities/dysphasia and their families. Directly comparable to CRADI in nonprofit advocacy structure, Quebec base, member-organization model, and family-rights focus.

Regional players

• Regroupement des associations de personnes handicapées de la région 03 (RAPHA-03): Regional Quebec disability-rights coalition operating in a different region (Capitale-Nationale / Chaudière-Appalaches). Closely mirrors CRADI's regional advocacy model, member-driven governance, and rights-defense mandate but in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• Inclusion Canada (formerly Canadian Association for Community Living): National Canadian federation advocating for the rights of people with intellectual disabilities and their families. Comparable to CRADI in mission (rights defense, family support, policy advocacy) but operates at the federal/national level rather than regionally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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