Minister of Social Development Cathy Rogers Photo Source: NB Liberal Site On July 14, together with autism advocate Cynthia Bartlett and Clinical Psychologist and Professor Emeritus (Psychology) Paul McDonnell I…
Minister of Social Development Cathy RogersPhoto Source: NB Liberal Site July 14, 2015 Meeting with Social Development Minister Cathy Rogersat 551 King Street, Photo by Harold L DohertyOn July 14,…
Minister of Social Development Cathy Rogers Photo Source: NB Liberal Site July 14, 2015 Meeting with Social Development Minister Cathy Rogersat 551 King Street, Photo by Harold L Doherty On…
Minister of Social Development Cathy Rogers Photo Source: NB Liberal Site July 14, 2015 Meeting with Social Development Minister Cathy Rogers at 551 King Street, Photo by Harold L Doherty…
Image from a CBC British Columbia article in December 2014 Reporting on Ground Breaking of Construction on the $28-million Pacific Autism Family Centre in Richmond, B.C..(Pacific Autism Family Centre) British…
Autism Advocacy NB Event: Adult Autism Center Information Protest Where: NB Legislature Grounds, Fredericton When: Thursday, May 28 at 1:30 Who: Anyone who wishes to advocate for an adult autism…
New Brunswick governments have been outstanding in establishing an internationally recognized early evidence based autism intervention service and have made some gains in autism training for Education Aides and Resource…
Huge gaps remain n New Brunswick’s adult autism residential care and treatment system. An autism specific residential care and treatment centre and autism specific group home system is needed to…
Dear Hon. Premier Gallant, Deputy Premier Horsman,Speaker Collins, Ministers, Party Leaders and Government Advisers: Re New Brunswick’s Lack of Adult Autism Care: I am sure that you are all grappling…
Autism Awareness Month: Autistic Children Become Autistic Adults October is Autism Awareness Month in Canada. As a father of an 18 year old son with severe autism disorder, profound developmental…
New Brunswick’s “inclusive” “community living” model is not a bridge to a better life for adults with autism disorders. There are huge gaps in the model. Group home staff are…
Photo of my son Conor from a few years ago submitted to the Aquinian for an article by then Aquinian journalism student Karissa Donkin. No progress in residential care and…
“Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurological condition estimated to affect as many as one in 88 children. It is now the most common neurological disorder affecting children and…
Following this comment is a re-posting of a comment I posted on this site 7 years ago in 2007 about the abysmal state of autism youth and adult residential care…
In May 2007 I commented on this site about the abysmal state of Youth and Adult Residential Care in New Brunswick. That commentary included the October 2005 article by then…
“Ginger Taylor commented on the pressures on families with autism and on the greatest fear of many parents of autistic children: “That is the big question — what happens to…
It is increasingly difficult to be polite when discussing the lack of compassion demonstrated by NB governments towards New Brunswick’s adult autism population. As the letter from Gary Mayes to…
The Campbellton Based Restigouche Psychiatric Hospital is the Only NB Based Residential Care Option for Severely Autistic Adults in New Brunswick June 22, 2013 David Alward, Premier’s Council on Status…
Resigchouche Regional Hospital Centre As an Autism Society New Brunswick representative I attended a meeting held at the Restigouche Regional Hospital Centre a few years ago to participate in a…
Conor at Black Rock on the Minas Basin, the eastern extremity of the Bay of Fundy, shared by New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and home of the highest tides in…
