Joanie Picard

traveller, teacher, special needs advocate, bookworm, art lover, music fanatic, wife, mom & aunt. Oasis. Radiohead. The Hip forever. 22 countries & counting

[TheSpicySequel @SequelSpicy]

Mind. Is. Blown.

#AutismDoesntEndAtFord

[Joanie Picard @msjoanpicard]

But @fordnation always has time to shill for @TimHortons, while he ignores suffering vulnerable families. That need more than a smile cookie. @ryandoyleshow wake up- you sound so pathetic defending him. #onpoli

[Stacy Kennedy @MrsMarambio]

This is Sam. Sam is 10 and never eaten food. I have asked for help in the healthcare system for more than four years. We are referred to the Ontario Autism program where he has sat on a wait list since July 2017. He is also a Hospital for Sick Kids patient. #onpoli /1

[Joanie Picard @msjoanpicard]

@CTVNews @CBC @globalnews

[Mike Morris @1MikeMorris]

@NaheedD This is or should be an absolute scandal. Press across Ontario should be headlining this.
But don't hold your breath.

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

NEW: The Financial Accountability Office has found the Ontario government didn't spend ANY of the $2.7 billion COVID19 Response transfer payment it received.

This money could have made schools safer for our children & prevented a lot of suffering (and deaths).

Just. Sickening.

[Joanie Picard @msjoanpicard]

Do better @theJagmeetSingh #Elxn44 #onpoli #autism

[Beachlover 🇨🇦 @BeachLoverOnt]

@OntAutism @StandingHannah @theJagmeetSingh @YaaraSaks @CityCynthia @ColinDMello @AndreaHorwath This is very disturbing. I have worked in #ABA based programs and have seen how much these therapies help children with #Autism and their families. @theJagmeetSingh needs to review these candidates! 😢 #cdnpoli

[ONTAutismCoalition @OntAutism]

Please see the OAC's open letter to @theJagmeetSingh to address concerns about several federal NDP MP candidates that have taken a dangerous, anti-science stance against life changing therapy for people with autism.
#cdnpoli
#ABA
#AutismDoesntEndAtFord

[Music @Music]

the song that lifts your spirits

[Joanie Picard @msjoanpicard]

Similar situation also with a medically fragile student

[DebTL @DebTL43]

@XME_ImSpeaking 29 kindies in 480 square feet of learning space not accounting for tables chairs or supplies. Plus 1 teacher one DECE one EA and a nurse that comes in for feeding tube process for medically fragile student. Also no ac so it’s a sauna.

[Joanie Picard @msjoanpicard]

Truth right here

[Mamabear @Mamabea1976]

@XME_ImSpeaking Why isn't this all over the media??? @ColinDMello @krushowy @Travisdhanraj @CityCynthia Our class sizes are huge!!!! More than normal?? How is this happening??! Why are private schools getting rapid tests but not us? This should be on the news!

[Teresa Armstrong @TArmstrongNDP]

🧵It’s been 2.5 years since the PC gov't dismantled the Ontario Autism Program.

In that time, the waitlist ballooned to 40,000+ kids, thousands of kids have aged out of the program without services & thousands of families have struggled to make ends meet while finding care.

[Tony @tonycatso]

#TimesUp #onpoli

[Scott Corbett @ScottCorb]

The @fordnation implementation of the new Ontario Autism Program is not going well, @DrFullertonMPP will surely miss the target of moving 8,000 kids off the waitlist in 2021
See details in new article below
#onpoli #AutismDoesntEndAtFord #WhereIsDougFord
https://t.co/3Tam2zmcNm

[Northern Autism Families @AutismNorthern]

@FuzzyWuzzy2417 @kemalahmedproud Without ABA my child would not learn. ABA has identified the barriers in her early development (milestones required for learning) & is filling in the gaps. Without this foundation she would not remember the things she is taught in Speech & OT. She’s actually learning to learn.

[T K S 🌻🇨🇦 @AutismDoesntEnd]

@msjoanpicard @ChantalChartran @kemalahmedproud And this is coming from an @NDP candidate and a number of other candidates that also seem to agree, which is contrary to the party platform.

[Joanie Picard @msjoanpicard]

So did my nephew who is non verbal. ABA therapy taught him to nod/shake his head, and with that greater communication came less frustration and aggressions. @kemalahmedproud doesn’t have a clue what families go through and how much ABA helps. Pathetic #cdnpoli #autismawareness

[Emey @EmeyMT]

@kemalahmedproud I'm saddened to see a candidate for the NDP take such a stand. I listen to and follow my sons learning. He liked, wants, and benefited from ABA therapy. He is 9 now and given the chance he would go back as it helped him learn social skills.

[T K S 🌻🇨🇦 @AutismDoesntEnd]

Let’s be clear.....A National Autism Strategy is needed to safeguard access to medically necessary autism therapies!

#Elxn44 #cdnpoli #NAS #NationalAutismStrategy

[Aspeda @aspeda1]

Hey everyone this Millennial @kemalahmedproud with no life experience wants everyone to stop life changing ABA therapy . @NDP has scraped the barrel to fill candidates in ridings that they will never win in! @theJagmeetSingh @PaulTaylorTO @AndreaHorwath @UsualSuspect4u #CDNpoli