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Letter to the Editor
Thank you to Bill Green, Kootenay-Columbia Green Party candidate who said “yes” to supporting legislation to amend the Canada Health Act to include science based autism treatment (ABA/IBI) under Medicare. Your commitment is appreciated by Canadians and families of those with autism.
The Medicare for Autism Now! Society was incorporated in August, 2008. It is a volunteer, national coalition of non-partisan parents, advocates, professionals and growing numbers of other fair-minded Canadians seeking Medicare coverage for effective, science-based autism treatment otherwise known as ABA (applied behaviour analysis).
Over 40 years of research and litigation have identified this treatment as medically necessary. It is the only core health need not included in health care, therefore costing Canadian families thousands of dollars a year each to access the only uniquely effective treatment for their children. For more information on Medicare for Autism Now! watch the award winning documentary Medicare’s Orphans.
Will you be voting to end health care discrimination on October 19th?
Amber Biberdorf,
Fernie
