Ministry of Education answers to Shelley Martel This 2005 document provides October 31, 2003 numbers of children with autism in schools. 4,174 were receiving ISA 2 ($12,000 per year), 2,653 received ISA 3 ($27,000 per year) and 140 children received Special Incidence Portion (SIP--$27,000 per year in addition to ISA 3).
	Ministry additional answers to my latest FOI This document is information that completes the responses that were either incomplete or innaccurate in the document below.
	Ministry response to my latest FOI This application builds on last year's questions regarding the nine regional programs, eligibility assessments, waitlists and budgets. Because the responses were either incomplete or innaccurate, I have included the original application and my complaint letter to the Ministry’s Privacy Officer.
	Ministry response to our petition This is the response sent to Shelley Martel by Minister Chambers regarding our petition as recently presented in the Ontario Legislature.

Documents relating to investigation of the IBI program

McIntosh 2006 Access to Information response This application builds on last year's questions regarding the nine regional programs, eligibility assessments, waitlists and budgets. Because the responses were either incomplete or innaccurate, I have included the original application and my complaint letter to the Ministry’s Privacy Officer.
University of Toronto research on IBI program costs The Cost-Effectiveness of Expanding Intensive Behavioural Intervention to All Autistic Children in Ontario, from Healthcare Policy Volume 1 Number 2, February 2006.
McIntosh Access to Information response Answers to questions regarding the nine regional programs, eligibility assessments, waitlists and budgets.
Martel Access to Information response Answers to questions regarding the nine regional programs, waitlists and budgets.
Provincial Auditor's Report The Provincial Auditor's findings on the entire program, released November, 2004.
Public Accounts Hansard Hansard of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts from the day the Auditor's report was tabled.
Click here for the Ministry's response to questions raised in committee.
Ministry Program Review -- Erinoak and Kinark The government has examined two of the Regional Programs in the past. These documents summarize those findings.	Erinoak   Kinark
IBI Program Guidelines Updated guidelines for Ontario's IBI Program

Documents relating to the Deskin-Wynberg case

Community Living factum The Community Living Association of Canada and Community Living Ontario were granted Intervenor status at the Deskin/Wynberg appeal. This is their factum.
Government Notice of Appeal The Ontario government's Notice of Appeal in Deskin-Wynberg
The Deskin-Wynberg Decision The court decision from the Deskin-Wynberg lawsuit. It's been taken down from the Eberts Symes website, and given a new home here.

Documents relating to ABA in schools

What the Ministry of Education is thinking This presentation was given by Moira Sinclair of the Min. of Education and Louise Moreau of the York Region DSB at the August ISEC 2005 conference in the UK, about provision for ASD in schools. Needless to say, no mention of ABA.
Fraser Institute Report Let the Funding Follow the Children: A Solution for Special Education in Ontario says Ontario should allow all families of special education students to choose their own education provider, not just those who can afford the tuition.

Special Services At Home (SSAH) guidelines

SSAH Guidelines A scan of the published guideslines for Special Services At Home.
Searchable SSAH Guideslines The above document processed by Optical Character Recognition so you can search it. For absolute accuracy, refer to the original.

Access to information forms and guideline documents

Access to information form File your own! A ton of fun for only $5.00!
The Privacy Commissioner's guide to Access to Information Applications What you can get and how you can get it.
The Privacy Commissioner's complaint form under the Personal Health Information Protection Act. Send questions about your child to your Regional Program, refer to the Act by name, and give them thirty days to respond. When they don't, use this form.

Sundries about my family and how we got into the “Rally Thing”

This presentation was given to politicians in both the former Conservative government and also in the current McGuinty Liberal government. If you're really into math, grab the Excel file too, because Kinark's 2003 Annual Report proves the problem is even worse than I guessed.
Comparing ABA to other "eclectic" interventions This study was done by a team led by Jane Howard of Cal State Stanislaus. It compares the effectiveness of Applied Behavioural Analysis with other interventions for teaching children with autism.

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