e-697 (Health care services)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-31-24 Government Response to petitions concerning health care services
- Aboriginal peoples
- Autism
- Children
- Health care system
- National Strategy for Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Off-reserve
- Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs
- Autism spectrum disorder is a pervasive disorder, which affects one in sixty-eight people;
- The goal is to acquire a report of Urban Aboriginal Children with Autism and details of the wait list of care for off-reserve children;
- It would be helpful for the Trudeau government to work with the provinces and territories and stakeholders to develop a pan-Canadian strategy for Autism spectrum disorder, including, awareness and education campaigns, child, and adolescent and adult intervention innovative funding arrangements for financing therapy, surveillance, respite care, community initiatives, and research.
- Open for signature
- January 4, 2017, at 1:24 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- May 4, 2017, at 1:24 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Julie Dzerowicz
(Davenport)
May 16, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01346) - Government response tabled
- September 15, 2017