Media Release: Families Still Waiting for Details on New Autism Program
Article: It’s time for ACTION
#PauseThePlan: Press Conference at Queen’s Park – 03/14/2019
Northern Ontario families hit Queen’s Park for autism protest
QUEEN’S PARK – Northern Ontario families joined others from across the province at Queen’s Park to protest the government’s handling of autism …
Northern Ontario moms say their autistic children have been left without treatment
Two moms from northwestern Ontario say their severely autistic children have been left without treatment by Premier Doug Ford’s changes to autism …
Northern Ont. autism parents at Queen’s Park today in search of answers
Northern Ontario parents of children with autism are holding a news conference at Queen’s Park in Toronto today about the impact Ontario …
Sensitive Santa comes to Kitchener
"I think the more we offer, the better knowledge people will get of it," said Krista Clinch, the south central Ontario regional coordinator for Autism …
Letter calls on MPP to stand against school cuts
(Let’s not forget, your government also butchered the Ontario Autism Program, that would have helped him become school ready, and one day …
DNA testing for siblings of children with autism may predict diagnosis before symptoms appear
DNA testing for siblings of children with autism may predict diagnosis … Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, Ontario Genomics, Kids …
Tristan’s Wish: Sudbury musicians tackle autism cuts with Dec. 10 benefit concert
When the pair learned that these services would be reduced further through changes to Ontario’s Autism Funding Plan, they decided this would be the …
TDSB cancelling kindergarten program for children with special needs
Still, Laura Kirby-McIntosh, president of the Ontario Autism Coalition, worries that despite promises, the children in KIP won’t receive the same level of …
TDSB cancelling kindergarten program for children with special needs
Still, Laura Kirby-McIntosh, president of the Ontario Autism Coalition, worries that despite promises, the children in KIP won’t receive the same level of …
Media Releases
- 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
- 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)