Testimonials

"My first experience with TVAC was at an AGM in 1993 in Montreal at the Hotel Auberge des Gouverneurs. I met so many interesting & unique people. Meeting all these new people was like looking at myself in a mirror & seeing myself in a completely different way for the first time in my life. It was a life changing experience for me!!! "

Sincerely Terry Vachon ON

"TVAC has been a wonderful support network and a wealth of information related to thalidomide.  Their most important role being their recommendations to the S.T.E.P.S. program (System for Thalidomide Education and Prescribing Safety) in relation to the re-marketing of thalidomide in the United States.

In addition, the Accommodation Program has helped many Canadian thalidomiders  with assistance towards accommodation in the home, education, counselling and many other necessities of life ".

Lee Ann Dalling, NS

"TVAC occupies a singular and unique place in our society.  This group of individuals has come together to remind people of the vulnerability of the human condition, to demonstrate humankind's extraordinary capacities and abilities to adapt to a constraining environment and to showcase the willingness of physically challenged individuals to contribute to society out of a unique sense of creativity and social responsibility.  I would even go so far as to say that we will, one effort at a time, continue to set our stamp on history, as only individuals who have survived the thalidomide tragedy would be capable of doing."

Mercédes Benegbi, Executive Director and survivor of the thalidomide tragedy.

If you wish to share any thoughts or experiences related to TVAC or the thalidomide tragedy, please write to us, we are looking forward to hear from you.