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Please see the funding sources below available to children with autism and their families in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is quite possible that NOT all of the following will apply to your child, please read the criteria for each thoroughly.
There can be a lot of paperwork when you have a child with autism, but it is worth it if you get some help/funding :)
1. OAP - most important one if your kid has a diagnosis of Autism. There is a few years of waitlist but they usually give generous amounts of funding.
2. Special Services at Home (SSAH)
https://www.ontario.ca/page/special-services-home#section-1
3. Disability tax credit
4 Assistance for children with severe disabilities
https://www.ontario.ca/page/assistance-children-severe-disabilities-program
5. Easter Seals
6. Autism Ontario
They give funding for summer camps/worker (registration opens every May) and funding for March break camp/worker (registration opens January). Apply on their website. Raffle system (not every family that applies gets the funds but sometimes you get lucky)
7. Access2 card
Fantastic card that gives the support person for the person with autism (guardians, parents, therapist) to get in for free at many and most attractions like Wonderland, movie theatres, public transportation, trampoline parks, basically anywhere with tickets!
Apply online on their website, but a health professional must also sign.
Also, depending on your child's extent of disability, your child may also get a disability parking pass and an accessible transportation bus/taxi services, such as transhelp or wheel-trans, that offers door to door pick up and drop off for person with disability.
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