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Decentralized Democracy

Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
August 18, 2022 09:00AM
  • Aug/18/22 11:30:00 a.m.

Thank you for that important question.

I am unable to address an individual case in the chamber, but if you provide that information to me, I’d be happy to look into that.

I will say that we are making historic investments in the Ontario Autism Program. This is a world-leading program. We doubled the funding. We have five times as many children receiving services through the OAP than under the previous government. We have approximately 40,000 children receiving services under a multiple layered program with multiple pieces, including the core services program, in which we are bringing 8,000 children in through the fall. We already have over 6,000 invitations out. We are getting positive feedback with our initial pilot, and we are moving forward, implementing a very, very important program that young children and youth depend on, and their families, and that’s why we have been receiving the positive feedback. We are creating the AccessOAP program and creating resources to help people navigate through that program. We are implementing a world-leading program and will continue to do that.

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