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Letter To Todd
#PauseThePlan: Press Conference at Queen’s Park – 03/14/2019
Some Ontario parents say they will donate daycare strike subsidy back to teachers, education
Children with special needs, such as Autism have been hit particularly hard. The Ontario Autism Program has been cut and these children are being …
Some Ontario parents donate strike subsidy back to education system
TORONTO — Some parents of elementary school students affected by Monday’s strike say they will be donating the subsidy offered by the Ontario …
New option for badly-needed autism services
Northern Ontario’s largest service provider, Child and Community … for funding provided to parents under the Ontario government’s new autism …
Autism families are standing up to the Ontario Autism Program changes
On a freezing cold Sunday in January protesters lined the sidewalk on the corner of Bell Boulevard and North Front Street to rally in support of children …
New experimental drug for autism creating divisions
Autistics 4 Autistics Ontario (A4A) is a self-advocacy group for adults with autism, calling for reform to autism funding and services at the federal and …
Another autism rally set for Belleville
The rally organizers say they want to see changes for the Ontario Autism Program by this April, when they say the province promised them.
Members of the Autism community protest outside Whitby MPP’s office
This Protest is in response to the recently announced delay to the Ontario Autism Program announced by MPP Todd Smith, Minister of Children and …
Parents frustrated over delay in new needs based autism program
In December, the Ontario government announced the new needs-based autism program will now be released in phases over the course of 2020 and …
Fonthill author with autism reaches international audience with debut book
The book, titled “Can’t Read, Can’t Write, Here’s My Book”, was forwarded to the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario who shared it with the executive …
Media Releases
- Failure to deliver needs-based autism funding calls
government competence into question - 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)