June 25, 2022
Partnering with the Housing through an Autism Lens Solutions Lab and incorporating learnings from our Policy Compendiums (2020, 2021), we have ten policy recommendations targeting the federal policy areas of Housing, Employment, Workforce Development, Social Development and Disability Inclusion.
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June 14, 2022
Autism Alliance of Canada announces a new name to better reflect a more holistic and strengths-based approach to autism.
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May 12, 2022
The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) releases the Assessment of the Autism report: “Autism in Canada: Considerations for future public policy development.“
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May 6, 2022
Autism Alliance of Canada announces the launch of Examining Criminal (In)Justice Across the Autism Spectrum, a project aimed at studying the experiences and perceptions Autistic people have of the criminal justice system.
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May 6, 2022
Autism Alliance of Canada launches a policy development working group in partnership with Inclusion Canada, aimed at inclusive employment through the development of policy recommendations on accessibility for developmental disabilities.
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April 22, 2022
Autism Alliance of Canada announces the recipients of the 2022 Autism Alliance of Canada-Kids Brain Health Network Policy Development Practicum Fellowship. The fellows will be gathering information on national autism strategies from countries that have signed the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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April 5, 2022
Whitney Hodgins, autism and mental health advocate, receives the first annual Jim and Ginette Munson Autism Leadership Award during the 8th Annual Canadian Autism Leadership Summit (2022) hosted by the Autism Alliance of Canada.
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February 15, 2022
An overview of the main takeaways from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)'s “Autism spectrum disorder: Highlights from the 2019 Canadian health survey on children and youth.”
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January 10, 2022
A call to action for employees on the Autism Spectrum and managers of Autistic employees to share their experiences to aid in the development of a resource to help employers support employees on the autism spectrum.
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April 21, 2021
Autism Alliance of Canada responds to the 2021 federal budget, which proposes $15.4 million to the Public Health Agency of Canada to support the creation of a National Autism Strategy, and calls for further federal leadership.
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