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Autism Ontario's vision for education in the Province of Ontario is for all students with Autism Spectrum Disorders to have what they need to learn at their maximum potential regardless of geographical and/or financial situation. Click here to read about Autism Ontario's Education Policies 2007.

Our Voice Is Being Heard
Autism Ontario is part of the reference group to provide strategic advice to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Children and Youth Services on the most effective ways to meet the needs of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Ontario. Click here for the news release. Backgrounder (September 2006)

Autism Ontario’s Response

to Special Education Transformation: The Report of the Co-Chairs with the Recommendations of the Working Table on Special Education (December 2006)

Find out about the latest education initiatives in Ontario
Note: Links in the following section will take you outside Autism Ontario's website.

Policy/Program Memorandum No. 140: Incorporating methods of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) into programs for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

Report of the Ministers' Autism Spectrum Disorders Reference Group (February 2007)

Ontario Provincial Education Network (OPEN)

Special Education in Ontario

Ontario Human Rights Commission's Fact Sheet on Equal Access to Education for Students with Disabilities During Strikes

ADVOCACY
Note: Links in the following section will take you outside Autism Ontario's website.

Ask Lindsay Moir

People for Education - Check out its 2006 Annual Reports on Ontario's Public Schools and 2006 Tracking Reports on Special Education in Elementary Schools and Secondary Schools

School Advocacy Hamilton

Do you want to be a certified Education Advocate? Check out the Ontario Association of Education Advocates.