Nearly 1,100 Ontario children are on the waiting list for Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI) autism therapy. Many families have mortgaged their homes or made other financial sacrifices to ensure that their children receive the IBI therapy they need.
Dalton McGuinty promised in 2003 that children with autism over the age of six would receive the supports and the services they need. He made this promise directly to parents, including Nancy Morrison, who is now the NDP Candidate for York-Simcoe.
Instead of keeping his promise, McGuinty dragged families into court, wasting more than $2.4 million to fight them. He also diverted $59 million from autism services and spent it elsewhere. This money would have almost eliminated the waitlist for IBI autism therapy. McGuinty also refused to let IBI therapists into Ontario schools.
The NDP will ensure a fair deal for Ontario children with autism. We will:
- Establish an Ontario Autism Strategy that will invest $100 million to eliminate the wait list for autism services and end the McGuinty ban on IBI therapists in classrooms.
- Work with stakeholders toward developing an autism research and human resources plan to support children with autism as they age and promote research into growing rates of autism.
On October 10, you can count on the NDP to help Ontario children with autism. McGuinty got it wrong. New Democrats will make it right.
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