Daily Reminder that @fordnation HAS NOT fixed the Ontario Autism Program:
What would constitute ‘fixed’?
1️⃣ Adequate funding, with the $600M promise being spent.
❌ Ford did not spend the promised funding and continuously fell short.
#50KIsNotOk #onpoli
What would constitute ‘fixed’?
1️⃣ Adequate funding, with the $600M promise being spent.
❌ Ford did not spend the promised funding and continuously fell short.
#50KIsNotOk #onpoli
2️⃣ A program that recognizes that AGE has no bearing on a child’s needs.
❌ Ford’s program penalizes children by clawing back funding as they celebrate birthdays.
#50KIsNotOk #onpoli
❌ Ford’s program penalizes children by clawing back funding as they celebrate birthdays.
#50KIsNotOk #onpoli
3️⃣ A program that delivers based on recommendations from a clinician who has evaluated the child.
❌ @fordnation has removed clinical input. Funding is determined by an algorithm after a 2 hr phone call between a parent & a non-clinician who has never met the child. #50KIsNotOk
❌ @fordnation has removed clinical input. Funding is determined by an algorithm after a 2 hr phone call between a parent & a non-clinician who has never met the child. #50KIsNotOk
4️⃣ A program with reasonable wait times.
❌ @fordnation’s OAP Waitlist has children on it who have been waiting since 2016 OR EARLIER. The waitlist for the “determination of need” process is more than 50k children long. #50KIsNotOk #onpoli
❌ @fordnation’s OAP Waitlist has children on it who have been waiting since 2016 OR EARLIER. The waitlist for the “determination of need” process is more than 50k children long. #50KIsNotOk #onpoli
5️⃣ A program that is direct-billed for actual program costs determined by the clinician.
❌ Parents must be bookkeepers and must manage the funding after trying to find services with the funding they were arbitrarily issued. #50KIsNotOk #onpoli
❌ Parents must be bookkeepers and must manage the funding after trying to find services with the funding they were arbitrarily issued. #50KIsNotOk #onpoli
6️⃣ Sustainable investment into capacity building especially in Northern, Rural & Remote Areas.
❌ @fordnation offered a one-time grant to select providers. Families who must travel 100s of kms to the nearest provider will have travel expenses deducted from therapy dollars.
❌ @fordnation offered a one-time grant to select providers. Families who must travel 100s of kms to the nearest provider will have travel expenses deducted from therapy dollars.
7️⃣ A program that doesn’t discriminate according to age.
❌ The programs that @DrFullertonMPP boasts about are only available until a child is 48 months old for one, and under 6 for the other. Those that are “too old” will be barred from accessing them. #50KIsNotOk #onpoli
❌ The programs that @DrFullertonMPP boasts about are only available until a child is 48 months old for one, and under 6 for the other. Those that are “too old” will be barred from accessing them. #50KIsNotOk #onpoli
8️⃣ A program whose waitlist has moved significantly over the past 4 years.
❌ The OAP Waitlist has more than doubled in size since 2019; only 645 children have entered a “test phase” of the new program over the course of @fordnation holding office. #50KIsNotOk #onpoli
❌ The OAP Waitlist has more than doubled in size since 2019; only 645 children have entered a “test phase” of the new program over the course of @fordnation holding office. #50KIsNotOk #onpoli
9️⃣ A program where children’s needs are met.
❌ Children with profound, severe and even moderate needs will receive nowhere near the amount of support required with the funding caps @fordnation has imposed.
❌ Children with profound, severe and even moderate needs will receive nowhere near the amount of support required with the funding caps @fordnation has imposed.
🔟 A program that follows the recommendations of the clinicians, doctors, advocates, self-advocates and researchers who were appointed to design the program.
❌ @fordnation @MacLeodLisa @ToddSmithPC & @DrFullertonMPP twisted and ignored the advice to suit their bottom line.
❌ @fordnation @MacLeodLisa @ToddSmithPC & @DrFullertonMPP twisted and ignored the advice to suit their bottom line.
The Ontario Autism Program is not fixed. Interim supports issued over the past 3 years were limited, temporary, non-clinical, arbitrary, discriminatory and only offered to some. The new “needs based” program is loosely based on need at best. There are still 50k kids waiting.
No matter how you slice it, after 4 yrs of @fordnation, @MacLeodLisa, @ToddSmithPC & @DrFullertonMPP we are NOT better off and only further behind. Our kids don’t get this time back. #50kisnotok #onpoli
@StevenDelDuca @AndreaHorwath @MikeSchreiner @TArmstrongNDP @JoelHardenONDP
@StevenDelDuca @AndreaHorwath @MikeSchreiner @TArmstrongNDP @JoelHardenONDP
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