Press Releases
- Ford Government’s One-Size-Fits-All Approach Fails All Children with Autism
- 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)
Ontario launching autism program in March with initial enrolment of 600 children
The president of the Ontario Autism Coalition said families are not happy with the long wait or the new plan itself. “It’s been 462 days … and it’s taken …
Headline: Needs-based funding for children with autism starts next month: MPP Smith
Quinte families with children on the autism spectrum can expect to receive core clinical services for children in the needs-based Ontario Autism Program beginning in March, the provincial government said Wednesday. Services to be offered for an initial 600 families will include individual-based funding to cover applied behaviour analysis, speech language pathology, occupational therapy and […]
Ontario launching autism program in March
The president of the Ontario Autism Coalition said families are not happy with the long wait or the new plan itself. “It’s been 462 days … and it’s taken …
600 children to start in new, needs-based Ontario Autism Program next month
Though well past the initial April 2020 start date because of COVID, the core of the new plan will see families accessing behavioural, speech and occupational therapy
Doug Ford’s New Autism Program May Take Key Decisions Out of the Hands of Medical Experts …
Ontario Autism Coalition president Laura Kirby-McIntosh, who was a member of the government’s 2019 advisory panel, told PressProgress the Ford …
Ontario parents continue to wait for concrete autism program
… boys need,” said Ontario Autism Coalition member Tony Stravato, whose seven-year-old twin boys Rocco and Roman are living with severe autism.
Liberals the monsters when it comes to autistic kids
Over the years, I’ve seen politicians of all stripes break all kinds of election promises. Source: Liberals the monsters when it comes to autistic kids
Liberals ignoring own panel’s advice on autism therapy
Kathleen Wynne and her ministers are throwing families who have children with autism into chaos. Source: Liberals ignoring own panel's advice on autism therapy
What’s Wynne basing autism decisions on?
Premier Kathleen Wynne claims Ontario needs to take autistic children five years of age and older off what parents consider to be the best program for them because the experts tell her that is what is best. I think she’s wrong. Source: What’s Wynne basing autism...