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Ontario Autism Coalition

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A political advocacy organization in ON, Canada. We run on 💯 volunteer power. Fighting for equitable access to safe, publicly-funded needs-based services, education, & support for Autistics & their families. #50KIsNotOK #onted #ODSP #AutismIsLifelong

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Ontario Autism Coalition

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Here is the Ontario Autism Coalition’s repose to these numbers:

OAC press release: Ontario Autism Program (OAP): Promises Broken-FOI Shows Less Than 1/4 of Eligible Kids Receiving Clinical Core Services. The OAP is a broken promise - one that has left over 61k children abandoned by the system meant to support them. According to data obtained through a FOI request by the OAC only 1:4.5 eligible children/youth have access to core clinical services under the OAP. This indicates that after 6 yrs of waiting for the Ford government to “get it done” the majority of eligible children remain without support. These numbers tell a story of neglect, misplaced government priorities. This is a crisis affecting tens of thousands of lives daily. For yrs families have been forced to fight tooth & nail for services that should have been readily available. Promised reforms have turned into empty rhetoric. Parents are left scrambling to navigate a convoluted, underfunded, unaccountable program while their kids lose precious developmental time they will never regain. Every day a child spends on the waitlist is a day stolen from their potential, independence, opportunity to thrive. Services like speech therapy, occupational therapy, ABA, mental health support have the power to transform lives by teaching communication, socialization, essential life skills. Yet, the majority of children are denied access, caught in a web of bureaucracy & inefficiency. Meanwhile, families are exhausted, financially depleted, left with no answers. The OAP is perpetuating inequality.The OAP was not designed by the community it was imposed upon it by the Ford government. The proof is in its failure to meet the needs of the people it is meant to serve. To the decision-makers: kids can’t wait for your politics as their lives are at stake & futures are being shattered. Immediate action is needed to eliminate the waitlist, cut through red tape, & ensure every child gets the support they need. The OAP isn’t just a failure of governance—it’s a moral failing.

March 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM

Ontario Autism Coalition

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On it. @alinacameron.bsky.social just filled us in.

December 17, 2024 at 5:16 PM

Ontario Autism Coalition

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This graphic is a take on language used by the PCs about the liberals. It’s a direct copy. We are well aware they don’t care - we were trolling them. Thank you for your passion Patricia.

November 17, 2024 at 8:08 PM