A campaign to make autism therapy medically necessary under the Canada Health Act. Tweets by Adam. If you like something I say, please see the Pinned Tweet.
May 22, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
"Without looking at the keyboard he taps one letter at a time."
As someone who was trained as a typist...it helps with my career quite a bit...this is a claim without merit. The reason? David (the subject) types with one finger. 🧵/1
Why does this matter? As just about anyone who has taken a keyboarding course can attest, most keyboards have bumps on the F and J keys. There is a very specific reason why those two particular keys have bumps as well i.e. optimal hand positioning.
I'm unable to take part in the CAHS #NationalAutismStrategy consultation sessions today due to the fact that I'm with my kids all day, but I wanted to leave a few tips for parents who are taking part, especially mothers. 🧵/1
1) CAHS admins will ask you...repeatedly...to include your full name. DO NOT DO THIS. Your first name is just fine.
The reason you don't want to do this is that you will be in the main room for approx. the first 45 minutes along with "Actually Autistic Self Advocates". /2
Aug 14, 2020 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Since most parents are understandably finding it extremely difficult to decide whether to keep their children at home or send them to school in September, I'm going to share what IMN House has decided and our reasoning in the hopes that it will help others. /1 #onted
We've elected to keep our kids at home at least for the month of September, for the following reasons:
1) @imgrund's outstanding Rt data! The Rt number has not come even close to 0.5 across Ontario, and over the last few days in Hamilton it has been over 1.0. /2
Jan 23, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I keep seeing an argument whereby X group of kids should be served first under a revised Ontario #autism program, followed by Y group, followed by Z group sometimes, etc. and so on. Here's why it's wrong:
1) There are families who have waited for years without receiving a thing.
2) There are families whose children were DENIED service under previous OAP versions despite being non-verbal, having complex needs, and clearly needing support.
3) It's divisive. All kids deserve support.
4) We're ignoring other needs.
Sep 16, 2019 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
I'm going to unpack something that was said by the Ministry of Health with regard to the IMN campaign. MAJOR h/t to @emmapaling for extracting this quote:
/1@emmapaling "Ontario’s Ministry of Health won’t cover autism therapies because they’re not provided by a physician, government spokesman David Jensen told HuffPost by email.
He said OHIP covers relevant services, like the diagnosis of autism, that are provided by a medical doctor. " /2
