Autism
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The Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services Michael Coteau has actively refused to bring in regulation of the provinces regional autism centers despite... more
April 22, 2018
CUPE who is the union representing educational assistants (EA) in the province of Ontario released a press release last week in which it has lambasted the... more
October 29, 2017
Today the Minister of Children and Youth Services Micheal Coteau made an “announcement” on what the new Ontario Autism Program (OAP) will look like. The... more
June 8, 2017
Micheal Coteau the Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services as been somewhat like a Sasquatch to many in the autism community. There have been reported... more
May 30, 2017
In an open letter to the Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services, several parents of autistic kids say they've been duped by the province into thinking... more
March 19, 2017
The Toronto Star recently sat down with the Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services Michael Coteau to discuss changes being made to autism services in... more
October 12, 2016
A month ago I posted a blog about my son waiting 6 1/2 years for intensive theropy. I filed a ministerial complaint on Kinark (the regional provider... more
September 24, 2016
This question was asked by Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown in question period twice yesterday, only to be asked by the speaker of the... more
September 16, 2016
A few months ago, Michael Coteau the Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services announced plans to "restore" autism funding for intensive therapy. On the... more
August 23, 2016
Abdirahman Abdi, a Somali man with autism, died Monday after an altercation with Ottawa police officers in front of his appartment building on Sunday. After a... more
By unpubadmin
July 27, 2016
As a parent with a non-verbal autistic kid, one of my worst nightmares is to have to deal with a teacher that isn't qualified to ensure the care of my child.... more
May 18, 2016
For those of us of a certain age we have imbedded in our minds the image of Fonzie water skiing, while wearing his leather jacket, jumping over a shark and... more
By RobDekker
April 26, 2016
Toronto, April 20, 2016 – The Ministry of Children and Youth Services has declared that as of May 1, Ontario will no longer provide Intensive Behavioural... more
April 20, 2016
The Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis (ONTABA) issued a scathing letter (see pdf below) to Tracy MacCharles who is Ontario's Minister of Children and... more
April 10, 2016
As the world celebrates Autism Awareness Day, parents in Ontario got extremely devastating news this past week that needed autism therapy would be no longer... more
April 2, 2016