To all Canadians-call to action

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Autism Society Canada will have the opportunity next week to inform our MPs and

Senators about the issues that we all are facing. To make sure that your member

attends,

please e-mail your MP the following information. Feel free to add personal

information.

You can access your MP's e-mail address at

http://canada.gc.ca/directories/direct_e.html

Dear Parliamentarian,

Autism issues in our province and across Canada are being brought to the

attention of

Canada's Members of Parliament and Senators as a result of affecting 150% more

Canadians than six years ago. To be of assistance to our country's

parliamentarians as

they work to address these issues on a national basis, Autism Society Canada

(ASC) is

providing an information session about autism on Parliament Hill. Sponsored by

M.P.

Fletcher, it will be held November 23 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the West

Block

Room 371. The information session will include presentations by two parents

(ASC's

President Zwack from Quebec and Vice President Jo-Lynn Fenton from Nova

Scotia)

and a gentleman with Asperger's Syndrome (a form of autism). Kavchak, an

Ottawa parent, will also be present. Mr. Fletcher requests that people confirm

their

attendance by e-mail with his office at Fletcher.S@...

I hope that you and your senior staff will take advantage of this opportunity to

learn more

about autism and the issues that affect people with Autism Spectrum Disorders

(ASD) in

your home community and province. Please also encourage your colleagues to

attend so

that there is a broader understanding of the issues that affect people of all

ages with ASD,

their families and their communities across our province and Canada.

You may wish to refer to the White Paper from Autism Society Canada which was

sent to

you in March 2004, and which outlined a Canadian Autism Research Agenda and a

Canadian Autism Strategy. The White Paper and further information regarding

Autism

Society Canada are available on the ASC website www.autismsocietycanada.ca .

If you have any questions regarding autism as well as our province and Canadian

autism

issues, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am certain you will find the

autism

information session on November 23 informative. For the sake of the hundreds of

people

in your region affected by ASD, please take advantage of this one hour

presentation.

Regards,

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