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
Durham school board expecting 350 to 400 more students with autism over the next year
DURHAM — The Durham District School Board is anticipating an influx of students with autism over the next year, as a result of changes to Ontario’s …
read moreNorth America’s only racecar driver with autism shares his story
North America’s only racecar driver with autism shares his story … The Ontario native started racing when he was eight, and managed to make quite …
read morePickering-Uxbridge MPP defends Ford government education cuts
He also stressed that cuts to the Ontario Autism Program could cause an influx of special needs students spending longer hours at school.
read moreOPSEU members launch “Families Know Best Voyage” in northwestern Ontario
“How can the Ford government make sweeping changes to the Ontario Autism Program without consulting the very people who will be directly affected …
read moreParents air concerns about autism changes at emotional meeting
Clearly frustrated about changes to the Ontario Autism Program, Cook saw it as a step backward. “What’s going to happen? Special schools again?
read moreBluewater board sends concerns to Education minister
The elimination of a Local Priorities Fund and changes to the Ontario Autism Program are other concerns outlined in the letter, which was signed by …
read more“Do not stop fighting” MPPs tell parents battling against changes to autism program
The message to parents fighting against changes to the Ontario Autism Program was loud and clear on Tuesday evening; "do not stop fighting".
read moreOPSEU members launch “Families Know Best Voyage” in support of autism and special services in …
THUNDER BAY, ON, April 17, 2019 /CNW/ – OPSEU members in northwestern Ontario are hitting the road to fight for more autism and special services …
read moreOPSEU Plans Families Know Best Voyage
THUNDER BAY – OPSEU members in northwestern Ontario are hitting the road to fight for more autism and special services. They will be visiting all of …
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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)