[Mike & Jean]

Jean (Lewis) on Saturday, October 6, 2007 – 5:51 pm:
We must remind parents once again – this board is ONLY for parents who are running Lovaas-style ABA programs which are being supervised by properly credentialed Behaviour Consultants. In other words, only Behavioural Consultants which FEAT of BC recommends. This DOES NOT include Verbal Behaviour or Fluency based ABA programs. You must identify your Behavioural Consultant in your posting or it will be removed and your posting priviledges will be withdrawn. On a similar note – discussion regarding alternative treatments and therapies should not be conducted on this website. We ask that everyone using and taking advantage of this free FEAT of BC service read and respect the guidelines.

Thank you for your cooperation.

[Mike & Jean]

We must remind parents once again – this board is ONLY for parents who are running Lovaas-style ABA programs which are being supervised by properly credentialed Behaviour Consultants. In other words, only Behavioural Consultants which FEAT of BC recommends. This DOES NOT include Verbal Behaviour or Fluency based ABA programs. You must identify your Behavioural Consultant in your posting or it will be removed and your posting priviledges will be withdrawn. On a similar note – discussion regarding alternative treatments and therapies should not be conducted on this website. We ask that everyone using and taking advantage of this free FEAT of BC service read and respect the guidelines.

Thank you for your cooperation.

[Mike & Jean]

Just a reminder to all parents who post on this board:

FEAT of BC does not permit any salary renumeration to advertised in the classified board.

The FEAT of BC classifed board is for those parents running Lovaas or Lovaas-type ABA programs only. Please identify your Behavioural Consultant in your posting.

Please review all the rules of the board prior to posting. Thankyou for your cooperation.

[Mike & Jean]

Check out http://www.featontario.org to download the speeches given at today's press conference in Toronto where Eugene Levy, Senator Jim Munson, and two of our Ontario colleagues – Norrah Whitney and Brenda Deskin spoke. They are extremely powerful and "right on the money"

Parents who are focused and organized…there is nothing more powerful…

Our thanks to Eugene Levy, Jim Munson, Norrah Whitney and Brenda Deskin!

[Mike & Jean]

Attention Everyone!….this is enormous….Eugene Levy says "Medicare for Autism Now!"…

FEAT – Ontario
Families for Early Autism Treatment
June 11, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ACTOR/COMEDIAN EUGENE LEVY GETS SERIOUS ABOUT AUTISM
Celebrity Speaks Out on Need for a National Autism Strategy
Toronto – Canada’s highly acclaimed actor, director and screenwriter, Eugene Levy, is departing from his traditional funnyman role,
but this time there are no scripts, no directors and no film cameras in sight.
“I feel extremely passionate about the need for a National Autism Strategy”, states Levy, who has signed on as a spokesman for
the cause and will be teaming up with Senator Jim Munson for a p r ess conference in Toronto at 10:00 am on Wednesday, June
13, 2007 at the Intercontinental Toronto Yorkville Hotel (Portman Room) .
“Canada is blessed in so many ways but somehow some of our most vulnerable citizens are being wrongfully neglected,” Levy says.
“It is time to address this wrong and provide these individuals with the same access to medically necessary treatment that the rest
of us enjoy throughout our lifetimes under our country’s allegedly universal health care system.”
Autism is included in the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases, Revision 10 (ICD-10) and afflicts
individuals of all races, ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds. It is fast becoming a North American epidemic of staggering
proportions. According to the world-renowned US Centers for Disease Control, one in every 150 children (one in every 94 boys) is
today being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. It is more common than pediatric cancer, diabetes and AIDS, combined.
While there is no cure for this mysterious yet tragic neuro-genetic condition, proven effective, science-based treatment for autism
does exist. It is called Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), also known as Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI).
Norrah Whitney, the mother of an autistic son and Executive Director of Families for Early Autism Treatment (FEAT) – Ontario,
states, “Many are forced into privately funded treatment, with a price tag of $70 to $80 thousand per year. Families are losing
their homes and cashing in their retirement savings yet are still not able to sustain treatment for their children. This is nothing
other than a two-tiered healthcare system”, says Whitney, who in an ironic twist, is the granddaughter of the late John Leo
Whitney, one of the founding architects of OHIP.
“We need more than a dedicated page on a Health Canada website, or a ‘stakeholders’ symposium’,” states Brenda Deskin, a longtime
advocate for people with autism and plaintiff in the well-known Deskin-Wynberg court action. “We are seeking equal treatment
under the law — the same approach that has been taken when our country faced other health-related emergencies. Canada has a
crisis on its door-step, one that demands a concrete and immediate plan of action, one that includes the provision of publicly
funded, evidence-based treatment for people of all ages afflicted by autism.”
Levy will be sharing his personal views on autism. The event will also mark the unveiling of a practical, multi-faceted strategy that,
if implemented by the federal government, would bring autism under Medicare and end the discrimination against people with
autism in Canada.
“It is only when ABA – the most effective, science-based treatment for autism – is brought under the Medicare umbrella and made
available to Canadians who suffer from this core health need, that we can rightfully claim to be a nation committed to the values of
universal healthcare,” states Senator Jim Munson.
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For further information contact:
Brenda Deskin: 289-439-6003 Norrah Whitney: 416-779-1265
Or visit http://www.featontario.org
Media Note: High resolution images of Eugene Levy and of the Deskin and Whitney families will be available online at
http://www.featontario.org immediately after the press conference.
It is with the utmost of appreciation that the event organizers recognize the Intercontinental Hotel for the most generous donation of
their facilities for this event.

[Mike & Jean]

A reminder to parents:

We do not allow any salary information to be included in job ads.

Thank you for your co-operation.

[Mike & Jean]

F.E.A.T.-B.C. Director Jean Lewis and David Marley, F.E.A.T.-B.C.'s Public Affairs Consultant will be guests on the Bill Good Show, CKNW Radio 980 AM on Monday, April 2nd at 9:00 a.m. They will be discussing a variety of issues dealing with autism treatment funding including the recently released and appallingly mediocre and unacceptable Senate Report, the defeat of Bill C-304 and most importantly F.E.A.T. plans to participate in the upcoming federal election. We encourage you to listen in.

[Mike & Jean]

F.E.A.T.-B.C. Director Jean Lewis and David Marley, F.E.A.T.-B.C.'s Public Affairs Consultant will be guests on the Bill Good Show, CKNW Radio 980 AM on Monday, April 2nd at 9:00 a.m. They will be discussing a variety of issues dealing with autism treatment funding including the recently released and appallingly mediocre and unacceptable Senate Report, the defeat of Bill C-304 and most importantly F.E.A.T. plans to participate in the upcoming federal election. We encourage you to listen in.

For the information of parents who live in Mark Warawa's riding of Langley – while in opposition, Mr. Warawa tabled 10 petitions calling on the federal government to amend the Canada Health Act to include autism treatment under Medicare. What's extraordinary is that he voted (in-lock-step) with ALL the rest of the Conservatives AGAINST Bill C-304 which would have precisely achieved what the 10 petitions he tabled had asked of government! "How is it that the character of a man can so profoundly change from the time he is a member of the opposition, to the time he joins the heady realm of government….In a contest between voting one's principles or getting summarily tossed out of cabinet, clearly cognitive dissonance trumps the dusty concept of morality…" – (Isaac Tamir) Indeed! We encourage ALL parents and supporters who live in Mr. Warawa's riding to attend the meeting he has called on Apr. 11th. and make your voices heard: "Medicare for Autism Now!" Please contact me if you plan to attend the meeting and would like more information on Bill C-304, the Canada Health Act or the government's flawed and intransigent position.

[Mike & Jean]

The next step?….is a continuation of the F.E.A.T. political strategy from the last federal election. We will targeting very specific constituencies across Canada.

Votes are the only thing that creates political will.

Watch Global-National @ 5:30 p.m. tonight.

Jean

[Mike & Jean]

A reminder to all parents who post on this board.

F.E.A.T. of B.C. does not permit ANY salary info. to be included in job advertisements. Also, this board is for parents who are running Lovaas-style A.B.A. teams only. To that end, please ensure you identify the name of the Behavioural Consultant who is overseeing your program in your job advertisement. Advertisements which do not comply with the classified board's rules will be deleted and posting priviledges will be withdrawn.

Thank you for your attention and co-operation.

Jean

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