Another Autism Year Over and What Have We Done?

Published: December 19, 2007, 12:56 pm

Tags: peter stoffer, stephen harper, andy scott, m 172, national autism strategy, john lennon, autism disorder, christmas

So this is Christmas And what have you done? Another year over And a new one just begunJohn Lennon, Happy Xmas (War Is Over)A year can mean a lot in the lives of children with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders. On December 5 2006 the Canadian House of Commons passed a private members' motion, M-172, put forward by MP's Andy Scott and Peter Stoffer. Since then the government has done precious little to achieve the goals set out in the motion: Motion M-172, as passed by the House of Commons on Tuesday, December 5, 2006.That, in the opinion of the House, the government should create a national strategy for autism spectrum disorder that would include:a) the development, in cooperation with provincial/territorial governments, of evidence based standards for the diagnosis andtreatment of autism spectrum disorder;b) development, in cooperation with provincial governments, of innovative funding methods for the care of those with autism spectrumdisorder;(c) consulting

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