ONTAutismCoalition
@OntAutism
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The Ontario Autism Coalition is a grassroots organization dedicated to improving the quality of services available to autistic individuals and their families.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined April 2016
We’re bringing transparency & accountability BACK! On Oct 23 we went to Queen’s Park to present the results of our 2025 OAC Community Survey-about the reality of services access in Ontario. THIS is "for the community by the community". Full report here: https://t.co/anoLEskO6t
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Parents defied the Ford government’s livestream ban at a school board committee meeting last night. They recorded & broadcast the TDSB’s special education meeting despite the education minister ordering them to stop. “Why on earth would there be any interest in suppressing this?”
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Moments ago: Premier Doug Ford defends decision to pay school supervisors $350k annually, says trustees “need to be held accountable” for their spending. At the same time, a group of parents of children with disabilities are at QP today calling on him to bring trustees back.
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We’re live streaming the TDSB SEAC meeting this evening! Watch here: https://t.co/KePEy2OZEp
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Today I joined advocates from @OntAutism, Ontario Parents for Education Support, and @AODAalliance to demand the government give students the support they deserve and properly fund special education #onpoli #OntEd #Autism
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We oppose Bill 33 We support Trustees and the important work they do. We support accommodating families in every way possible so that they can participate fully in local decision making. We will be live streaming SEAC meetings. #onpoli #onted #60KIsNotOK #cdnpoli
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Our community survey is making waves! Thank you to @CdnPressNews for amplifying our voices, and helping bring a little accountability to this conversation: https://t.co/81TsI06naW
thecanadianpressnews.ca
TORONTO - When Ashley Ferreira's five-year-old son was diagnosed with autism in 2020 she never imagined that a five-year wait lay ahead for him to get access to government-funded core
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This government is going backwards and children are paying the price.
Did you know? According to a ministry FOI we obtained: the number of autistic kids accessing core clinical services decreased between Jun-Aug 2025 Families are in crisis. Have a look at our report to see what they said: https://t.co/anoLEskggV
#60KIsNotOK #DontLookAwayOntario
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Did you know? According to a ministry FOI we obtained: the number of autistic kids accessing core clinical services decreased between Jun-Aug 2025 Families are in crisis. Have a look at our report to see what they said: https://t.co/anoLEskggV
#60KIsNotOK #DontLookAwayOntario
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Thank you @stephaniebowman for making time and space for our community’s voices. You had really good questions and we’re always happy to share our information. #60KIsNotOk
Thank you to the Ontario Autism Coalition for meeting with me today to discuss the issues facing the Autism community in Ontario, and advocate for how the government can address the shortfalls in the Ontario Autism Program to better meet the needs of our youth.
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This is a failure of the Ontario government. Students with disabilities deserve to thrive in our public schools, not just survive! It's time to fix the system: 💥Fund high-quality public education to support diverse student needs and abilities 💥Adequately fund special
“A child with autism has the same right as any other child to be at school,” but a growing number can’t attend due to a lack of special supports, @OntAutism says. The waitlist for core services has also tripled under the Ford govt, with students now waiting an avg of 5 years.
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UPDATE: Ontario’s education minister tells us he will be upholding a livestream ban of school board committee meetings. Special ed advocates are furious: “the truth is, the man can't take criticism & doesn't want attention on the fact that he’s making terrible cuts to education.”
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“A child with autism has the same right as any other child to be at school,” but a growing number can’t attend due to a lack of special supports, @OntAutism says. The waitlist for core services has also tripled under the Ford govt, with students now waiting an avg of 5 years.
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October 21, 2025 is the 25th annual Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day. This year’s theme is Care Counts, it centres the importance of care in early learning and child care and the pride that ECEs and child care workers feel in their work. There is
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October 21st is Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Appreciation Day. Today, we recognize and celebrate the thousands of dedicated ECEs, child care workers and educational assistants who dedicate their skills and energy to helping children learn, grow and thrive
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Only in Ontario do we re-elect the guy who causes the problems, scraps the solutions, and then rebrands fixing his own mess as fighting for the people…
#BREAKING Premier Ford says he’s considering legislation to cap resale ticket prices, as Blue Jays prices skyrocket. It was his government that scrapped anti-scalping law in 2018.
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Ontario’s education minister said he banned livestreams of school board meetings to “bring down the temperature.” Critics fired back, telling him to “fund the system” if he wants to cool things down. Paul Calandra’s now “taking another look” at the ban after parent backlash.
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Success! ❤️💜💛
NEW: Ontario's education minister says he’s reconsidering his directive to block school board meeting livestreams, after backlash from parents. "The initial decision was to bring the temperature down, focus on the work," said Paul Calandra. "I'm going to take a look at it again."
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This shows you that pressure can work on this government, with them now backtracking on banning school board meeting livestreams. Tell them you want your Trustees back by signing my petition at https://t.co/ZJDXjhwXAg!
#topoli #onpoli #onted
NEW: Ontario's education minister says he’s reconsidering his directive to block school board meeting livestreams, after backlash from parents. "The initial decision was to bring the temperature down, focus on the work," said Paul Calandra. "I'm going to take a look at it again."
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