Slow progress in Ontario autism program rollout; officials insist they’re on target
“Part of the reason is that everybody’s lost trust,” she said in an interview. “It’s four years later, and there’s still no program.”The Progressive Conservative government announced in early 2019 that it was going to “clear the wait-list” by giving families either $20,000 or $5,000 to pay for therapy, depending on the age of the child.
The government ultimately scrapped the program and went back to the drawing board. The next minister on the file then announced a new, needs-based program with a doubled budget, but conceded in December 2019 that it would be phased in over two years instead of being fully up and running by the following April.
“I strongly encourage families to respond to their invitations and enrol,” she wrote in a statement. “We have a large, dedicated team to support families through this process, and are all working to ensure continued progress.”There are more than 54,000 children registered in the program and waiting for core services. The autism community has been protesting delays of the program’s rollout by saying “50k is not OK.” Some of those children have been waiting for seven years.
The government has sent about 6,300 letters to families, officials said, inviting them to register with Access OAP, the new intake portal. They are going in order of registration, meaning they are starting with children who first sought therapy as far back as 2015.
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