Ryerson University—Rogers Communications Centre Building—Room 204 (RCC204)
80 Gould Street, Toronto
A group of Ryerson media students have produced a documentary film about families who live with autism in Ontario. The film profiles the family of Bruce and Laura McIntosh and examines their experiences raising their son, Clifford, who has autism. It also looks at their experience as activists, and co-founders of the Ontario Autism Coalition, a grassroots organization of parents fighting for better services for children with autism in Ontario.
The documentary includes interviews with Deb Matthews, the Minister of Children and Youth for Ontario, and Kathleen Wynne, the Minister of Education, about the new “Benchmarks” system soon to be implemented to discharge children in the Autism Intervention Program.
The film also profiles a little girl named Delanie Ceretti, who had her IBI funding cut off by the provincial government after a 45 minute “assessment” by Regional Program staffers who were likely using the new Benchmarks criteria. Her father Paul is now pitted against “the system.”
There is no admission charge for this event.
