Thalidomide Victims Association, Montréal, QC

The Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada is a non-profit charitable organization, which represents over a hundred Canadians who were born disabled as a result of the thalidomide drug, a drug prescribed in the late fifties and early sixties to pregnant women to relieve morning sickness. Members of the organization define themselves as "thalidomiders". Regrettably, four of our members passed away over the course of the last few years as a result of their precarious health situation; this reaffirms the importance of TVAC’s mission to provide preventive assistance to our members via TVAC’s Accommodation Program.