MEDIA RELEASE: OAP Enhancement Doesn’t Address the Big Issues
RESOURCE KIT: Reference materials for meetings with MPPs
#PauseThePlan: Press Conference at Queen’s Park – 03/14/2019
Ontario government signals more layoffs under new autism model
Ontario’s social services minister is signalling more layoffs to come in the autism services sector after a treatment centre laid off more than 100 people …
read moreAUTISM: MacLeod defends funding cuts, as treatment centre lays off 100+ staff
“What’s happening with the Ontario Autism program is we have empowered parents directly, to chose the services that they want,” she said. “What’s …
read more‘Significant’ layoffs at ErinoakKids in Oakville due to Ford government funding changes
One of the largest autism services providers, which has a facility in Oakville, says … The layoffs follow the Province’s Ontario Autism Program overhaul.
read moreAutism treatment centre says over 100 people losing their jobs due to funding
“We support an Ontario Autism Program that’s fully-funded, needs-based and evidence-based, and we believe that taking help away from children with …
read moreLack of autism funding causes layoffs at Ontario treatment centre
A treatment centre for children with disabilities says they have to lay off staff as a result of the lack of autism funding. The Erinoak Centre for Treatment …
read moreAutism treatment centre says more than 100 people losing their jobs due to funding
More than 100 people are being laid off at a treatment centre for children with disabilities — a move the centre says is a direct result of Ontario’s …
read more300 Employees Are Getting Laid Off at a Brampton Autism Facility
Instead of directly funding autism treatment centres and therapists, the government has implemented a new model called the Ontario Autism Plan …
read moreAutism treatment centre says over 100 people losing their jobs due to funding
A treatment centre for children with disabilities says 113 people are losing their jobs as a result of Ontario’s changes to autism funding. ErinoakKids …
read moreAutism treatment centre says more than 100 to lose jobs due to funding cuts
“We support an Ontario Autism Program that’s fully-funded, needs-based and evidence-based, and we believe that taking help away from children with …
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Media Releases
- 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
- 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 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)