An AUTISM Rally
was held on Parliament Hill Feb-23-2005, and
FEAT of Ontario (Families for Early Autism Treatment)
held a press conference Feb-24-2005 at 12:30 PM
Please
contact your MPs
to lend your support to end the discrimination against children with
autism,
and to fund autism treatment within Canada's medicare.
Resources:
"Tell
It To Ottawa, Legislative Toolkit"
How
to Contact Your MP
Media
Advisory
February
22, 2005
For Immediate Release
OTTAWA - Peter Stoffer, M.P. (Sackville-Eastern Shore) will hold a joint-press conference on Thursday February 24th at 12:30pm in the Charles Lynch Press Studio 130-S Center Block, House of Commons.
Representatives from Families for Early Autism Treatment (FEAT) will join Peter Stoffer, M.P. to call upon the federal government to take measures to end the health care discrimination against children with autism and to incorporate autism treatment within Canada's medicare system.
Peter Stoffer will be accepting a petition from FEAT for presentation to Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh and Prime Minister Paul Martin.
In attendance with Peter Stoffer, MP will be:
-
Andrew Kavchak - Father of autistic child Steven, an autism advocate and member of FEAT of Ontario (Families for Early Autism Treatment)
- Laurel Gibbons
- Mother of autistic child, Robbie, sharing the realities regarding
the treatment of autism.
- Josh Bortolotti - 10 year old brother to Sophia and one of Canada's youth autistic advocates.
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