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We are looking for an aide for our 4 year old son who will be attending preschool this September in White Rock. Preschool is for 2 1/2 hours a day, 5 days a week from 12:30pm to 3pm.

We are looking for a bubbly, energetic person to fill this position. Please note that criminal record checks will be mandatory.

Please email shasav@telus.net with resumé.

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Hi Everyone:

A friend of mine is making Italian Charms to support Autims. She has many different choices for us…My three favorites are of Course

Medicare for Autism NOW!
Autism Oh The Possiblities
Autism Action We can do more.

However she has many to chose from if you would like to see or pick your own you can e-mail me privately wendy-durnan@shaw.ca OR you can e-mail my friend Connie at italiancharm@ymail.com

You won't believe the talent she has…If you have
ideas of your own for Charms she will make it how you want it. Connie makes these herself.

They are beautiful.

Thanks so much,
Sincerely,
Wendy Durnan

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Fellow Featers:

I am looking for ice skating teacher/instructor for my 7 years old child. If you know somebody please let me know. Kindly send e-mail to: geminiya@shaw.ca

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ABA THERAPIST

Looking for an experienced ABA therapist East Burnaby. High functioning, smart, well behaved, happy, love to study grade 2 boy.
Therapist needs to be:
o Energetic and friendly
o Enthusiastic
o Interested in playing with children
o Committed, reliable and a team player.

Please respond to: geminiya@shaw.ca

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Hi everyone from FEAT of Ontario

Please check out http://www.canadianswithdisabilitiesact.com

This is a new website where all disability groups and those involved in their lives are coming together to get our equivalent to the American with Disabilities Act.

Do you realize that if you take all the Canadians who can vote with a disability and then factor five voting people in their lives that makes up 76% of the ENTIRE Canadian vote? Well we want Ottawa to know that.

Clearly you all know Autism is an orphan amongst disability rights. Sabrina and I have talked many times about the importance of a CDA, an IDEA and a Mental Health Parity Act.

Please …take 10 mins send this link to everyone you know. There is a button on the menu called action plan. All anyone has to do is cut and paste the letter templates it is all done there for you. Ask your therapists to do it, your children's grandparents, if you know other disability groups and consider joining the facebook group which is linked on the site for open discussion and progress reports.

Together our numbers are huge, our voice loud and our conviction strong.

We need a better Canada for our children and those with disabilities. We need legislation with REAL teeth.

It's just 10 mins…and a strong CDA will cover all areas of your child's rights throughout their lifetime…they all grow up…then what?

10 mins…
Thank you,
Norrah Whitney
Executive Director
FEAT of Ontario
http://www.featontario.org

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Jemma – First, I've spoken with Jonathan and he says he hasn't met Mike Lake anywhere along the way, so he doubts that there are any pictures of him and Mike Lake together, however if there are so be it. To the more important point about improving the support and services for our children, typically there is no more passionate person to speak on their behalf than their parent, and parents should speak up at every opportunity. However, the voices of parents alone in bringing about changes are not enough. What families dealing with Autism need are the voices of all concerned Canadians from every walk of life. That was happening before Jonathan came on the scene. Having the voices with influence join our cause (e.g. Senators Eggleton and Munson, the Lieutenant Governor’s of Manitoba and Ontario, etc) is extremely important to achieving change. With his run Jonathan has added more profile to the cause of Autism, and if you saw his appearance on Global Morning Vancouver on December 17th you will know that he’s a very articulate spokesperson for the necessity of improved services and support (if you didn’t see the Global Morning interview it should be on the Run the Dream web site in a few days http://www.runthedrea.ca). The approach Jonathan has taken with Run the Dream is one of inclusiveness, not exclusion, and that includes talking to the people who don’t think that change is necessary (and there are some of those out there, including regrettably, some parents). How Jonathan talks to these people might be different from how you or I would approach it, but so long as his message is that “there is need for change, and this is the time that action is required” we should welcome him as one more voice in support of our kids, perhaps with access to some of the people we might not normally meet. John Kennedy made popular the phrase, “a rising tide lifts all ships”. Regardless of who speaks in favour of our children, it’s one more time that even the naysayers hear a positive word, and that helps everyone. With enough repetition of our message we are going to be heard and we are going to make changes. So I would ask you to consider not worrying about what you perceive as the cynical attitude of some politicians – or others – and rather be thankful that there are more than just us who would like to help out and speak out.

The more Canadians who join us with their voices the harder it becomes of our government and politicians to ignore.

Being apart of Run The Dream has brought people to my locations and such to want to learn and they say why isn't this Covered Under the Canadian Health Care Act? Although our many voices are fighting for that. It astounded me how so many people did not realize what we really need for our kids is not covered Under the Canadian Health Care Act and how many politicians ignore us at every turn. How our own government will spend millions and millions of dollars fighting us in court instead of putting that money to far better use in the way of Medicare for Autism. People getting an understanding of why each program for each child is so individual and must be designed for that child. Our fight to get what every parent wants for there child.

We need every voice and as much attention to our cause for CHANGE and Medicare for Autism as we can get. We weren't getting it before Run The Dream but it is certainly more in everyone's head now than ever before. Now we push harder and harder.

Please feel free to e-mail privately at wendy-durnan@shaw.ca should have further questions or concerns.

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Please Join us:

Everyone is welcomed to the front steps of the Legislature in Victoria on December 18 at 12 noon to join representatives of the BC Government and members of the local community as they welcome Jonathan Howard to Victoria, congratulate him on his outstanding run from St. John's Newfoundland to Victoria – 8,020 kilometres in 199 Running Days – and show their support for the Autism community.
http://www.runthedream.ca

The reception from the public, the Autism community, and politicians along the way has been fantastic! Let’s show Jonathan our support as he brings it home!

Let's make the politicians see what we is a necessity for our children. Premier Campbell has been avoiding calls and meeting with Jonathan all the calls put in have been excuse after excuse. Including the calls and e-mails I have sent there is either no response or "He is NOT AVAILABLE"
He has had opportunity to meet with him here in locally and Vancouver. Let's see if he shows in Victoria.

Please feel free to e-mail me at wendy-durnan@shaw.ca

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Barb McLeod can you give me e-mail me with your phone number and I can't find it. Really need to speak with you when you can.

wendy-durnan@shaw.ca

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One of Jonathan's main points in doing this is Autism is not a Behaviour Disorder as our government wishes to treat it. It needs to
Fall under the Canadian Health Care Act because it is a medical Condition. ABA/IBI is treatment that works and needs to be covered Under the Canadian Health Care Act. It needs National Strategy.

His Run is for exactly that. By meeting the politicians and etc they are faced with what we as parents are saying through him and It takes on new meaning because Jonathan has no ties to children with Autism. That is what makes this special and it certainly Got Mark Warawa's attention. As I had invited to attend at Willowbrook Mall. He did not respond back however, was there.

I could not even get him to return my calls before.

I think it extremely important to mention that Terry Robinson a two time Paraolympian ran part of this with Jonathan. Terry has cerebalpalsy and is in a wheelchair. Terry is still very much still involved in raising awareness and funding for Autism.

Terry was diagnosed at age one and was told basically he would never do much. He is a stubborn man and pushes himself to go long.

All involved in Run The Dream have heard the voices of Parents and Families across Canada for National Strategy and a treatments that should be covered completely under the Canadian Health Care Act.

They are meeting with Jonathan and in some locations with Terry as well. They won't blow them off as they are us.

The awareness has to start somewhere people politicians are listening to him. Parents getting behind him and Terry makes this so much more real to their faces.

To anyone who can reach the politicians and get them as ali on ourside I take my hat off.
Politicians for having our kids covered under the "National Health Care Act" is what it is all about. Putting ABA in schools is also a goal.

They are already have one in school in Calgary and are building a second one in Calgary as well.

Please feel free to e-mail me with concerns or questions wendy-durnan@shaw.ca

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Hi West Coast,

I've started a new group on facebook to try to bring together all disablity groups in pushing forward policy directive .71 National Disability Act. Even though the Government is prorogated right now there is still information on the site. Dr. Sabrina Freeman was the original contributor to the FEAT of Ontario Brief regarding what new legislation is required to protect Canadians with Disabilities. If you are on facebook and or know other disability groups here is the link to find the group.

http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=38316132766

as one parliamentarian pointed out in 1995 at that time there were 4.2 million Canadians 15.5% of the vote living with disabilities. It's time to think macro not micro. Of course the numbers would be higher now and those voting Canadians with disabilities also have friends, relatives and guardians who can all vote too.

Hope to see you in the group.
Norrah Whitney
E.D. FEAT of Ontario
http://www.featontario.org (sister organization)

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