Sunday, 20 June 2010 22:18

Autism Resolution Ontario is partnering with Abilities Church to present Autism Action Evening, an innovative, engaging and free event that will inform about current autism advocacy activity in Ontario, and empower people to self-advocate. To learn more about this event and how to RSVP, click here.

Sunday, 20 June 2010 22:07

Parent members of Autism Resolution Ontario connected directly with ASD families and spread the word about its advocacy movement at the 2010 Autism Speaks walk in Ontario. Several families visited ARO’s information table to learn more about its initiative to achieve timely, sufficient, high-quality and individualized publicly funded ABA therapy for kids with autism in Ontario, and to find out how to get involved. As well, practising and aspiring ABA providers, educators and other professionals who work with ASD kids expressed their support of ARO’s efforts and their interest in joining in. A big thank you goes out to Kiri and Bariah for their help in making ARO’s presence at the walk a success.

Wednesday, 07 April 2010 22:11

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Monday, 15 March 2010 15:33

Publicly funded ABA continues to be extremely inaccessible to kids with autism in Ontario, which is evidenced by the massive and growing waitlist for the IBI program; the lack of IBI for kids deemed too mild or severe in their autism; the Benchmarks system, which does not use adequate clinical criteria when discharging children from the IBI program; and, the lack of sufficient, individualized ABA services and supports in schools. This ongoing neglect of the basic developmental needs of children with autism and the persistent violation of their fundamental human rights calls for stronger action to achieve sufficient treatment and social justice for kids with autism.

 

If the legislature and the courts won’t ensure that our children have full equality, it’s up to us as parents to make sure they do. Creative Protest and Nonviolent Direct Action is an introductory workshop on elevated levels of protest, including civil disobedience, which many of us are considering as we face an increasingly intransigent government. The U.S. civil rights movement engaged in such tactics to arouse the conscience of a nation and achieve major victories, and we have much to learn from that history.

 

Matthew Behrens of Homes not Bombs has provided such training for more than 25 years for community groups interested in going beyond standard, “acceptable” forms of protest to engage in the kinds of activities that are part of a time-honoured tradition of peaceful resistance that, history shows, does make a difference.

 

Date: Wednesday, April 21

Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Location: Thornhill Community Centre
                  7755 Bayview Avenue,
                 (Northeast corner of Bayview Avenue and John Street)
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To learn more: Sharon Aschaiek, 905-370-9871, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it