Ontario Autism

• ‘Mommy will help me’: Navigating the web of supports for kids with autism in Ontario

  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.

  Health

  May 23, 2024
  
• Ontario autism program now funding over 8,000 kids for core therapy

  Documents show that as of mid-July there were 8,758 children whose families had a signed funding agreement for core therapy services. Enrolments were steadily rising.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2023
  
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• Most kids with autism won’t get core therapy funding soon: Ontario ministry document

  Most of the children in Ontario waiting for publicly funded core autism therapy will not receive it any time soon, the government says in an internal assessment.

  Health

  Jul 26, 2023
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• Parents of adults with severe autism say they’re ‘terrified’ for their kids’ futures

  Kavchak is one of many advocates who say the province lacks the proper support for adults with severe disabilities, and the parents who care for them.

  Canada

  Mar 14, 2023
• Rural Ontario parents say mobile autism support services difficult to access

  Lori Byveld says her 13-year-old son needs at least two behavioural therapy sessions per week through the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

  Health

  Feb 27, 2023
• Some parents are leaving Ontario because of frustrations with its autism program

  Lee had received news that her nearly three-year-old daughter, who has severe autism, would not be able to receive funding from the province's autism program until at least 2027.

  Health

  Feb 22, 2023
• Ontario fell thousands short of its autism program target, new figures show

  New figures obtained by Global News reveal the Ford government fell thousands short of its promise to enroll 8,000 children in funding for autism services in time for the fall.

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2023
• Ontario fails to meet target of providing 8,000 kids funding for autism therapy

  Ontario government has failed to meet its target of providing funding for 8,000 children to receive core autism therapies by the end of the fall, though it won't say by how much.

  Health

  Dec 22, 2022
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• Parents take fight against new B.C. autism funding model to Eby’s Vancouver office

  It has been one year since the province announced plans to phase out direct funding to families of children with autism and replace it with a new centralized hub model by 2025.

  Health

  Oct 27, 2022
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• Slow progress in Ontario autism program rollout; officials insist they’re on target

  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.

  Canada

  Aug 13, 2022