The Répit Absolu team

My name is Elange Tavares, mother of a 6 year old boy with autism. I am confronted every day with the lack of resources available to help families like mine. I knocked on the doors of several resources but unfortunately the availability or services were never adapted to my reality.

In December 2020, I asked a very important question to my child’s school principal: “Is there a childcare service for people with disabilities?” She replied that this service doesn’t yet exist, but that we should create it! It was the biggest revelation of my life!

Following this meeting, I was finally able to understand why we’ve been waiting over 3 years for a respite service on Montreal’s South Shore. The number of existing child care spaces are limited, in addition to the decreasing number of available sitters since the pandemic has decreased, this obviously creates a feeling of helplessness among families!

I now felt an urgent need to create something to help families who have autistic children ages 5 and up and adults up to 21 years old. I decided to create my own respite and babysitting network to overcome all the difficulties that I encounter day after day.

In January 2021, I created Répit Absolu.

We are a team of qualified and competent attendants and educators.

Our mission is to contribute to the growth in the number of places in daycare/respite services in order to improve the lives of families living with an autistic person in order to increase their feeling of security. Répit Absolu offers a babysitting and respite service at home.

Home services have already started since April 2021.

Répit Absolu offers babysitting and home respite services throughout the Monteregie region.

 

 

 

OUR ADDRESS

30 Montarville

Boucherville, QC 

J4B 6G7

Our story

Our first year

* We offer in-home babysitting and respite services.

Our latest
achievements

* We took possession of our first adapted vehicle in October 2021.

Our future projects

* We are also aiming to establish a first respite home by 2025.

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