Thread by @ScottCorb

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My holiday reading included @AndrewKavchak’s The Fight for Autism Treatment in Canada. I encourage all advocates to read this book and learn from past attempts to help shape our advocacy efforts most effectively going forward.

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Throughout Canada, autism programs are underfunded, limit the amount of services one can receive, reduce services available based on age, impose age cut-offs and have long wait lists.

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Many families end up draining their assets and life savings in an attempt to make up the difference. This is an outrageous situation for a country that pride’s itself on its universal healthcare system.

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As advocacy evolves, it’s important to know our history. What have others tried before? How have politicians responded? The Fight For Autism Treatment in Canada provides this background.

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So often the excuse is that healthcare is a provincial matter, however the hypocrisy is on full display when we see a bevy of national healthcare strategies and health accord agreements brokered at the federal level.

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It’s imperative that access to evidence-based treatment be a focal point as we advance the #NationalAutismStrategy this year.

The Fight For Autism Treatment In Canada - Reflections Of A Parent Activist amazon.ca/dp/B084DG18P2/…

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