Summer Edition of Autism Matters hits your mailboxes soon!
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Online Donations to Autism Ontario
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Donations can be made online via CanadaHelps.Org, an organization that assists many charities across Canada. Even monthly contributions can be arranged!
Correction to Eleanor Ritchie Scholarship Information
OOPS – Our apologies to Keegan Richard whose name was inverted in the list of recipients for the Eleanor Ritchie Scholarship.
From Ombudsman Ontario:
June 27, 2007 - Government "puffery" undermines public trust, Ombudsman warns in Annual Report
In releasing his second annual report today, Ontario Ombudsman André Marin lamented the litany of government organizations whose grandiose promises were exposed as "puffery" under his Office's scrutiny. He also noted that some of the most crucial and costly services funded by the province, such as hospitals and children's aid societies, remain immune to Ombudsman oversight, unlike in most other provinces.
Annual Report 2006-2007: Link: http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/UploadFiles/File/AR%20English.pdf
Press Release - Link: http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/UploadFiles/File/AR%20Press%20release-Eng(1).pdf
Backgrounder - Annual Report facts and highlights - Link: http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/UploadFiles/File/AR%20backgrounder-Eng.pdf
Ombudsman's opening remarks - Link: http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/UploadFiles/File/AR%20Opening%20Remarks-Eng.pdf
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Raun Kaufman Speaking Event on July 11, 2007
Attached are two PDF documents with details on an upcoming speaking engagement in Toronto by Raun Kaufman. This event is being organized by two parents from the Dufferin area.
For more information, please contact Michael and Kelli Pallett at: parentslisten@gmail.com.