Ontario Autism Program

• Ontario boosts autism budget to $779M, advocates question where money is going

  Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy's budget, tabled Thursday, contains two lines on the Ontario Autism Program, including touting the new funding.

  Canada

  May 16, 2025
  
• Ontario autism services enrolments decline in some weeks despite large waitlist: docs

  Progress updates on the Ontario Autism Program show a widening gulf between the number of children seeking services.

  Canada

  Sep 11, 2024
  
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• More than 70,000 kids in Ontario seeking publicly funded autism supports

  Ontario's fiscal watchdog says there are more than 70,000 children seeking support through the Ontario Autism Program, but fewer than 15,000 are getting funding for core therapy.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2024
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• ‘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 supports hard to reach, says mother of special needs daughter

  For one mother living in Napanee, Ont., the process of receiving adequate supports for her daughter diagnosed with autism has been an uphill process.

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
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• Ontario government won’t divulge progress in autism program rollout

  The government said it would get 8,000 kids into core clinical services by the end of the fall, but as of last month that number was only about 888.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 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