Emmett, who lives with his family in Thornhill, Ont., is now one of the more than 60,000 children in the province seeking services through the Ontario Autism Program.
The Ontario Autism Coalition says families are having a difficult time accessing consistent, reliable and transparent information about services.
Angela Brandt, president of the Ontario Autism Coalition, said the government need only look to its history with the autism program to explain the lower-than-expected uptake.
It’s been months since the province started a new round of changes to the Ontario Autism Program.
It’s been months since the province started a new round of changes to the Ontario Autism Program. Now, the government is looking for an independent organization to bring kids into a new needs based plan. But as Aaron Streck reports, parents say t…