🌟Register now for this exciting upcoming webinar involving MacART members Dr. Terry Bennett and Dr. Mackenzie Salt (Mackenzie Salt)!

Characterizing NDBI mechanisms through RCT.

In this free live speaker talk by Dr. Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie will discuss how specialty and community physicians and teams can work together to improve health care for Autistic children. ➡️ Register here, open to all: bit.ly/parcspeaker2 #AutismResearch #Autism #ASD

1/5 🧵 Sharing our first 2024 CAMH Research publication - in a representative US population sample, using exploratory item factor analysis and graph analysis we found a 3-dimension/factor structure of The Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q). sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our staff recently participated in a valuable session led by our Volunteer Services Coordinator, Daniel Barias. This session sparked important discussions on enhancing communication strategies province-wide, focusing on the informational needs of our staff and volunteers.

“The erosion of Canadian healthcare has followed the prototypical privatization playbook. The first step in privatizing any public entity is to defund it and allow it to be mismanaged, throwing it into chaos.” Catherine MacNeil author of Dying to be Seen canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/15/pri…

I’m hearing the government is very close to announcing a Nat’l Autism Strategy. We’ve come a long way together ever since the Senate report in 2007 calling for a strategy . Wouldn’t it be nice if it was announced before the annual @autismalliance.ca 10th annual summit in April !

This Thunder Bay woman with autism, ADHD says she was misdiagnosed for decades and is now calling for change | CBC News. cbc.ca/news/canada/th…

Honoured to have attended the Exhibition Place opening at Withrow Common on the legacy of David C. Onley (former patron of @autismONT ) on disability & inclusion in employment. Be sure to check it out. withrowcommon.ca/exhibits/champ…

Excellent and meaningful autism research happening through McMaster Autism Research Team . Autism Ontario is privileged to be a community partner.

Are you interested in learning about the #neurobiology of #autism? Be sure to join us for our last WHSS of the academic year! Meng-Chuan Lai 賴孟泉 will speak on “Considering sex- and gender-related mechanisms in #autism #neuroscience.” 🧬 Register here ➡️ bit.ly/3HHxGxL

This afternoon, I presented my annual World Autism Month statement in the Canadian House of Commons as Jaden looked on from the gallery. Please take a minute to watch and share. 🙂 "April is World Autism Month and now 26 years since my son Jaden was diagnosed. Since then, I've

With 60,000 kids on waitlists, will Ontario's $60M increase in autism programming funding be enough? Tonight Steve Paikin asks Anne Borden King (Autistics for Autistics Ontario), Dr. Jessica Brian 🇨🇦 (Holland Bloorview), and Margaret Spoelstra (Autism Ontario) at 8/11pm | Producer: Maya Abramson

Awesome interview, Rita Miceli Congratulations on your book! Thank you @TheAgenda and Steve Paikin Autism Ontario

So happy to be attending @XeniaConcerts fundraiser in Toronto right now. Accessible, barrier-free concerts for neurodivergent folks. Congratulations on your achievements! Autism Ontario

Ontario’s principals and vice-principals continue to struggle with new gov't initiatives, staff shortages, violence in schools & mental wellness. We need fair & adequate compensation, support, respect & efforts to address work intensification. Full stmt: bit.ly/4bBC2ml

Principals set the tone in schools that impacts educators and the learning environment for students. This data is very worrisome. Autism Ontario

Dr. Olaf Kraus de Camargo's piece in The Conversation calls for a national disability strategy that shifts from charity to a rights-based, biopsychosocial approach, urging a more inclusive and equitable support system for all Canadians. Read more: theconversation.com/why-canada-nee…

On YouTube watch @@davidlepofsky interview on TVO #TheAgenda with @SPaikin discussing the victorious fight in 1980 to get disability rights enshrined in Canada’s Constitution youtube.com/watch?v=rELGQu… #AccessibleCanada #accessibility #Canpoli