Ontario is announcing the launch of its new autism program Thursday, which is expected to go much more smoothly than the Liberal government's last attempt that angered thousands of families and spawned large protests. Children will begin moving into the new program June 26, Ontario's minister for children and youth services is set to announce. The key difference this time around is families and advocates were involved in the process of developing the program, said Ontario Autism Coalition president Bruce McIntosh. Practitioners to be regulatedMinister Michael Coteau is also set to announce that applied behavioural analysis practitioners will be regulated, The Canadian Press has learned. Estimated 40,000 children on autism spectrumThe newly designed $533-million Ontario Autism Program still does away with the distinctions between ABA and IBI, but it will be open to all children under 18 with a diagnosis anywhere on the autism spectrum.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2017 10:07 UTC