Following are some of our statements, guides & policy papers.
(To request other guides and Powerpoints please Contact us.)
Land Acknowledgement (for Toronto events)
Guides for the Community
- Recommendations for Autism Education in Child and Youth Care (CYC) Postsecondary Education (written by CYCs with A4A advising): Recommendations for Autism Education in Child and Youth Care (CYC) Postsecondary Education
- A4A’s Pseudoscience Guide for Physicians, Canada: Physician’s Guide to autism pseudoscience_printable
- Autistic Health Care Access: A Guide for Medical Students (PowerPoint and Handouts): available on request. Contact Us
Guides for Autistic Organizations and Individuals
- DIY Guide to Hosting a Neurodiversity Flag Raising: How to do a Neurodiversity Flag Raising
- Scripts for Doctor’s Appointments: [being revised]
Statements
- Joint Statement: Ontario’s Sheltered Workshops Should Remain Closed: Sheltered Workshops Statement
- Joint Statement: Canada’s Autistic Self-Advocacy Organizations Oppose the Proposed National Autism Strategy
- Intellectually Disabled Canadians are Dying in Residential Institutions: What’s Happening and What Can Be Done
- Public Health Ontario: Create Protocols for AAC & Communication Access in Health Care Settings
- To Our Allies in the Disability Community; Please Do Not Support Autism Speaks
- Why We Oppose Autism $peaks
Policy Papers
- A4A’s 2021 Consultation Reports to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
- Not All Evidence-Based Interventions are Equal, a Critique of the ABA Industry: 2021_CAHS_Interventions_Submission_Autistics_for_Autistics
- Social Inclusion for Autistic People in Canada: 2021_CAHS_Social_Inclusion_Submission_Autistics_for_Autistics
- Rethinking Canada’s Approaches to Economic Inclusion & Autism Services: 2021_CAHS_Economic_Inclusion_Submission_Autistics_for_Autistics
- A4A’s Report and Recommendations to the Government of Canada: A4A National Policy Report & Recommendations, 2021
- A4A’s 2019 Report and Recommendations to the Government of Ontario’s Autism Policy Consultation Panel: Ontario_Recommendations_Inclusion is the New Gold Standard
- A4A’s 2018-19 Human Rights Report to the United Nations: A4A_Human Rights Report_UN_unredacted
Reports:
- Who Speaks for Autism? A Systematic Review of The Toronto Star’s Autism Policy Coverage in 2019: Unpacking Ableist Media Bias at the Star
- 2020 Was Not a Good Year for ABA: A Research Review: 2020_was_not_a_good_year_for_ABA