Autism Services of Saskatoon has created a Minecraft group to help children with autism improve social skills while staying physically distanced.

Special Olympics BC is asking all candidates to commit, if elected, to a task force that would focus on people who have intellectual disabilities and their caregivers.

Autism Services of Saskatoon hopes to raise $40,000 over the campaign's October run.

The shooting has raised new questions about how police deal with people with mental health issues amid nationwide calls for police reform.

Linden Cameron's mother says she specifically asked for officers who could 'de-escalate' a mental health crisis.

Sébastien Vienneau says he told the lender he has autism and needed more time to review the contract, but the company didn't budge.

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The teen had been playing basketball with a group of others at a school in Richmond, police said.

'To be able to send our children back to school with such uncertainty, it's almost impossible for many of these families,' says Whitby mom Tara Stone.

The Ontario government began rolling out the first phase of its new program for families with autistic children on Friday, but critics and parents remain skeptical of the plan.