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Service navigators can support families with kids on the autism spectrum
Parents now are expected to register themselves for the Ontario Autism Program, purchase their own ministry-approved services and handle their own …
Monaghan: Autistic children in Ontario deserve a better interim plan
That’s why government programs such as the Ontario Autism Program (OAP) are supposed to exist – to make help available to those who need it.
Quinte West backs local families with autistic kids
Quinte West council has followed Belleville city council in backing a local autism advocacy group in its battle with the Ontario government over …
Quinte West backs local families with autistic kids
Quinte West council has followed Belleville city council in backing a local autism advocacy group in its battle with the Ontario government over …
New Plan to Build Mental Health and Addictions System Will Provide Ontarians Easier Access to …
Additionally, in response to the recommendations made by the Ontario Autism Panel, the province will develop and pilot an integrated mental health …
Quinte West council backs call for autism program changes
Smith says the Ontario government has already doubled funding for autism programs and is spending $300 million more than the previous …
March 31 deadline for parents of autistic children to register for financial help
MANITOULIN – Families of children with autism are invited to attend an event on Monday, March 9 hosted by Autism Ontario that will explain the …
Two BC men plead guilty to bus-terminal assault of man with autism in Ontario
Two B.C. men who were charged in relation to the 2018 unprovoked assault of a man with autism in Mississauga, Ont., have now pleaded guilty.
Niagara familiy’s wait continues for provincial autism therapy funding
“We’ve already been waiting for a year,” Ashton’s father, Joe Serianni, said of the provincial government’s promise of a new Ontario Autism Program.
Media Releases
- Letter to Minister Smith Jan 2019
- Families Still Waiting for Details on New Autism Program
- Recommendations Release
- OAP Enhancement Doesn’t Address the Big Issues (Mar. 2019)
- Minister of Education’s “Autism Announcement” Is Too Little, Too Late (Mar. 2019)
- Ford Government’s One-Size-Fits-All Approach Fails All Children with Autism (Feb. 2019)
- Disability Advocates Call for Action Limiting When Principals Can Exclude Students from School (Jan. 2019)
- OAC demands that the Ford Government end the conflict of interest with the Regional Autism Programs (Nov. 2018)
- Parents Worried That Increased Special Education Funding Will Not Be Spent On What’s Needed (Mar. 2018)
- OAC Will Protest the Lack of Appropriate Supports in Schools for Students with Autism and Other Special Education Needs (Oct. 2017)
- OAC Calls On Ministry of Education to Issue Consistent Policy Allowing Autism Service Dogs In Ontario Schools (Sep. 2017)
- The Autism Community Will Remind The Wynne Government That The New Autism Program Must Serve All Children And Youth With Autism (Apr. 2017)
- Education System Must Change to Meet the Needs of Students with Autism (Apr. 2017)
Briefing Notes to Government
- Presentation To Finance Committee
- Recommendations for Special Education in Ontario’s Public Schools: Exclusions, Suspensions and Expulsions (Oct. 2018)
- Recommendations for changes to the Ontario Autism Program (Aug. 2018)
- Rethinking the Ontario Autism Program – Direct Funding as a Way Forward (May 2016)
Important Letters
- Letter To Minister Smith (Jan 2019)
- Letter to Minister Hon. Lisa MacLeod – Bill 64, Noah and Gregory’s Law (Dec. 2018)
- Letter to Minister Hon. Lisa M. Thompson – Ontario Schools that Exclude or Refuse to Admit Students with Disabilities (Dec. 2018)
- The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (Aug. 2018)
- Letter to Minister Hon. Mitzie Hunter (July 2017)
- Letter to the Minister Hon. Michael Coteau (Sept 2016)