FourDirectionsASD🍁

Four Directions Autism helps off-reserve Indigenous children with special needs to access funding programs. #AutismSupport #IndigenousCommunities

[FourDirectionsASD🍁 @Autism_TO]

🚨 Service Update: Four Directions Autism is pausing Jordan’s Principle family support to align with new guidelines (Feb 10, 2025 Bulletin). We’ll share updates soon—thank you for your patience. Pro services & partnerships remain open. 💙 #JordansPrinciple #AutismSupport

[Netflix Canada @Netflix_CA]

OH, CANADA 🇨🇦 home to talented creatives bringing some of our most beloved shows to life, like NORTH OF NORTH, filmed in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

[Russ Diabo @RussDiabo]

Seems like it’s time for interested First Nations to revive the Six-Point Strategy on Aboriginal Title, that the late Arthur Manuel developed, as Co-Chair of the Delgamuukw Strategic Implementation Committee (DISC)!

[Community Living Hamilton @CLHamilton_]

Looking back on a summer full of adventure ☀️ Winona had a blast exploring Christie Conservation and African Lion Safari! 🌿🦁

What was your favourite summer adventure?

#HelpingBuildGreatLives #HamOnt #InclusionMatters

[disAbility Connections @xAbilityConnect]

November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month (NEAM), which celebrates the unwavering strength, resilience, and courage of epilepsy warriors, alongside their families, caregivers, and advocates.
#NationalEpilepsyAwarenessMonth #Disability #Inclusion
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[FourDirectionsASD🍁 @Autism_TO]

Highlights from #Budget2025 in the out years 2026.

Zero dollars for Education
Zero dollars for Long-term care
Zero dollars for Climate Emergency and Fires
Zero dollars for Flood Mapping
@CanadianGreens @NDP @CPC_HQ @ElizabethMay @DonDavies @PierrePoilievre #cdnpoli #Indigenous

[FourDirectionsASD🍁 @Autism_TO]

@Dave_Eby #Budget2025 has abandoned First Nations #cdnpoli, with zero dollars allocated for healthcare and zero dollars for education.

[disAbility Connections @xAbilityConnect]

Indigenous Disability Awareness Month raises awareness about and celebrates the significant contributions that Indigenous people experiencing disability bring to our communities.
#IndigenousDisabilityAwarenessMonth #DIsability #Inclusion

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[FourDirectionsASD🍁 @Autism_TO]

@ccpa @DavidMacCdn It’s starting to feel like non-Indigenous folks are getting a taste of what Indigenous communities have faced for generations — big promises, then a bait-and-switch.
Budgets sound bold, but delivery falls short.
We’ve seen this story before.
#cdnpoli #Indigenous

[FourDirectionsASD🍁 @Autism_TO]

@APTNNews #Budget2025
No funding = no services.
Children pay the price. #cdnpoli

[FourDirectionsASD🍁 @Autism_TO]

@AFN_Updates #Budget2025

[FourDirectionsASD🍁 @Autism_TO]

Jordan’s Principle isn’t abstract — it funds Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, and Psychologists who travel from cities to remote First Nations to support kids. Non-OHIP covered services. #budget2025 #cdnpoli #HealthCare
Most are small business practitioners.

[FourDirectionsASD🍁 @Autism_TO]

Budget 2025 puts the weight of this country on the backs of First Nations again. Supports cut, Jordan’s Principle limits tightening, post-secondary + fire-prevention needs ignored. We are always asked to do more with less. This is not reconciliation — it’s abandonment. #cdnpoli

[FourDirectionsASD🍁 @Autism_TO]

#Budget2025 front-loads ��#Indigenous Reconciliation” but guts real support after 2025–26.

Emergency management $706M → $0.

First Nations K–12 $155M → $0.

Post-secondary? $0.

Fire + flood prevention? $0.

One-year funding is not reconciliation — it’s abandonment. #cdnpoli

[FourDirectionsASD🍁 @Autism_TO]

Flagging partners who continue to defend First Nations children + families:
@cblackst, @AFN_Updates, @ChiefsofOntario, @APTNNews, @CBCIndigenous — these cuts demand urgent attention. #cdnpoli

[FourDirectionsASD🍁 @Autism_TO]

We look forward to seeing how all political parties will support Jordan’s Principle moving forward. Clear commitments will help ensure Indigenous children continue receiving the care they deserve. #JordansPrinciple #IndigenousHealth #ChildFirst #cdnpoli #lpc #gpc #cpc #ndp

[FourDirectionsASD🍁 @Autism_TO]

🚨 Service Update: Four Directions Autism is pausing Jordan’s Principle family support to align with new guidelines (Feb 10, 2025 Bulletin). We’ll share updates soon—thank you for your patience. Pro services & partnerships remain open. 💙 #JordansPrinciple #AutismSupport

[Cindy Blackstock @cblackst]

Canada created the backlog - and left the burden of it on the shoulders of children. The best holiday gift Canada could give is to take responsibility, roll up its sleeves and fix the problem it created asap. Vague answers and violating legal orders does not help kids

[Anishinabek Nation @AnishNation]

Canada can't say when 140,000 backlogged cases will be cleared at First Nations children's program

Read more: https://t.co/NQuwXDO67c

[Cindy Blackstock @cblackst]

Breaking: another win for children, youth, families and Jordan’s Principle. Orders Canada to immediately address the thousands of unopened requests, pay bills on approved requests in a timely way and more🧡

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

While we tend to think of the K*K*K as something that only existed in the United States, there was a period of time in the 1920s when the group was very large, and politically powerful, in Western Canada.
Let's learn more about this dark time.

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