FW: Message from Wynberg et al Plaintiffs - Ontario Canada

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A message from the Wynberg Plaintiffs:

> We want to thank everyone for your ongoing support during the last few

> years. This Court of Appeal decision has been a terrible event, to

say the

> least, but the time for wallowing has ended and so we are on to the

action

> plan.

>

>We are asking families who are now or who have been affiliated with the

IEIP

> in any way to contact us with their experiences and we will set out

the

> request in more detail below.

> This is at the request of our lawyer and we need your responses asap

and we

> are relying heavily on your willingness to participate and come

forward.

>

> We have set up an email address specifically for this request and it

is

> friendsofchildrenwithautism@...

>

> 1. We need to hear from families of children OVER AGE 6 who have been

cut

> off from funding since Justice Kitelely's decision of April 1, 2005.

> Specifically, how did this come about? What transpired between you

and your

> regional office? Please identify the regional office as well (e.g.

oak,

> TPAS, etc)

>

> 2. We need to hear from any families who were cut off on Friday July

7th

> --the day the Court of Appeal decision came out - we have heard that

this

> actually occurred with some families!

>

> 3. For families who were told they no longer qualify, how was that

> determined?

>

> 4. For families of children over age 6, what kind of communication are

you

> getting from your regional office? How many hours a week have you

been

> given? How many hours a week is your child actually getting?

>

> 5. For those on waitlist --pls share details of your current status

and

> length of time on the list,etc

>

> 6. For those of you who have children that continued therapy over the

age of 6, what gains your child has made?

7. Anything else you want to share with us of your IEIP experiences

>

> We have been hearing horror stories for the past few years but now we

need

> to formalize all this in a way that we can work with and we need to do

it

> ASAP. Please take 10 minutes to write to us.

>

> Thank you once again -- this information will help us all --we

appreciate

> your participation.

>

> The FOCA families

>

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