Do autism cuts make any sense?

Program Title: Parents push back
Description: Several mothers of children with autism have become activists—and are challenging the B.C. Liberal government’s recent decision to reallocate funding from an early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) program. EIBI provides intensive early interventions that parents argue are effective—and that research suggests is cost-effective. Children and families minister Mary Polak announced the province will cut the $70,000-a-year EIBI program that has been offered to 70 children and redistribute funds among 850 children.

Host(s): Kevin Midbo, Jan Coleman
Featured Speakers/Guests: We speak with Samantha Warden from Kamloops and Cher Sherwood from Victoria, two mothers whose autistic children are, or have been, involved with the EIBI program. We also speak with New Democratic Party MLA Maurine Karagianis, who serves as opposition critic for children and family services in the British Columbia legislative assembly.

Credits: People First Radio is an initiative of Columbian Centre Society and broadcast on CHLY 101.7 FM community/campus radio in Nanaimo, B.C.

Comments: The opnions expressed are not necessarily those of Columbian Centre Society or Radio Malaspina Society.