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About End The Wait Ontario

A public record, built by parents.

A parent-led campaign using FOI data to document the systemic capacity-demand imbalance in Ontario's autism services. Facts link to government sources where available.

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Purpose

End The Wait Ontario is a parent-led advocacy organization. We publish FOI-verified data on the Ontario Autism Program waitlist and push for evidence-based reform.

Commitment

Pledge

EndTheWaitOntario.com is entirely self-funded by its founder. No government funding, no corporate sponsors, no foreign donations.

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Direct answer

A parent-led campaign using FOI data to document the systemic capacity-demand imbalance in Ontario's autism services. Facts link to government sources where available.

Government sources where available · Verified 2026-08-10

Spencer Carroll, founder of End The Wait Ontario

Ontario, Canada

Grassroots advocacy shaped by families affected by the Ontario Autism Program waitlist.

Independent, parent-led, and not a registered charity.

What stands behind this record

These numbers describe how much checking stands behind this project, not the waitlist itself, the waitlist figures live on the project's data pages.

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Primary-source documents

Evidence source registry · Updated

Government records, FOI releases, and peer-reviewed research cited directly.

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Verified third-party citations

Third-party citation register · Updated

Independent outlets and institutions that have cited this project's work.

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Not every source carries the same weight

Confidence depends on where a claim came from, not how confidently it is written. The full standard is on /authority, this is the short version.

Source hierarchy

  1. TIER 01

    Primary authority

    Government, legislative, regulatory, international-body, and peer-reviewed publications.

  2. TIER 02

    Documented reporting

    High-quality secondary reporting and established advocacy material that points back to the record.

  3. TIER 03

    Lived experience

    Parent reports and individual stories, clearly labelled and never presented as population-level data.

Not a registered charity

Verification process

  1. 1

    Locate

    Find the closest available primary document or underlying public record.

  2. 2

    Attribute

    Name the publisher, record, date, and requesting party when FOI material came through another organization.

  3. 3

    Cross-check

    Compare public claims against FOI material, government reporting, and credible coverage when possible.

  4. 4

    Label

    Separate measured data, estimates, lived experience, and this project’s policy interpretation.

  5. 5

    Correct

    Investigate documented errors and update the public record when a correction is warranted.

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Outdated information is removed or marked, and documented errors are corrected on request.

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When this project came to be, and what has happened since

Dates are year-only where no more specific date is published anywhere in the public record.

Public milestones and the source named for each record.
DateMilestoneSource record
2024

End The Wait Ontario founded

Spencer Carroll launches a parent-led project to publish FOI-verified Ontario Autism Program data.

End The Wait Ontario
2025

HRTO application filed

Carroll v. Ontario, File 2025-62264-I, is filed with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.

Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
Oct 29, 2025

WHO Instagram feature

A clip discussing autism early intervention is shared on the World Health Organization’s official Instagram account (@who). End The Wait Ontario is not affiliated with or endorsed by WHO.

See the WHO feature		World Health Organization official Instagram account (@who)
Dec 2025

FOI CSS2026-0749 received

The Ontario Autism Coalition receives the bi-weekly OAP Core Clinical Services progress reports under freedom-of-information request CSS2026-0749.

Ontario Autism Coalition · FOI CSS2026-0749
Jan 7, 2026

CBC News publishes its own FOI investigation

CBC News runs its own freedom-of-information investigation into the same bi-weekly OAP progress reports.

CBC News
Mar 2026

FOI CSS2026-0749 published as this project’s primary source

The Trillium (Mar 25 & 27) and CBC News with CBC Ottawa Morning (Mar 30 & 31) cover the findings.

The Trillium · CBC News · CBC Ottawa Morning

Who is behind this

One person, with visible limits on what the project is and is not.

Spencer Carroll, founder of End The Wait Ontario, parent advocate for autism services

Spencer Carroll

Founder & Autism Advocate

Parent of autistic child navigating OAP system

Read the founder's story

Independence disclosure

  • Not the Ontario Autism Program, AccessOAP, a ministry, or an elected office.
  • Not a political party and not affiliated with one.
  • Not a therapy provider; we do not sell or deliver clinical care.
  • Not legal or medical advice, diagnosis, or an individual treatment plan.
  • No sponsor, advertiser, or institutional funder approves editorial content.

References to the Ontario government, Ontario Autism Coalition, Autism Ontario, or World Health Organization are informational. No affiliation or endorsement is implied.

Public record and documents

Every tile below links to a live page on this site, nothing here requires a login.

Methods guide

Sources, calculations, update cadence, and known limitations.

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Standards

Jurisdiction, evidence hierarchy, and verification practice.

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Corrections policy

How a documented error gets investigated and fixed.

Open

Source library

The primary documents used across the project, in one place.

Open

Policy analysis

Where the policy gap sits, and what the record says about it.

Open

Family resources

Practical guides for families navigating the wait.

Open

Press resources

Media coverage, fact packs, and contact routes for journalists.

Open

Where the waitlist stands

Families navigating autism services in Ontario face a documented multi-year wait. Here is the Ontario data — and a two-minute way to push back, when you are ready.

See where the waitlist standsEmail your MPP
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PRESS

Media and interviews

Interview requests, source questions, or spokesperson requests.

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DATA

Data and corrections

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GENERAL

Project inquiry

Questions about the project, collaboration ideas, or feedback.

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Messages sent through the contact form reach a one-person team; replies are sent as time allows.

Cite this page

“About End The Wait Ontario.” End The Wait Ontario. https://www.endthewaitontario.com/about. Accessed [the date you cite this].

About this page

Written by Spencer Carroll · Founder & Autism Advocate

Parent of an autistic child navigating the Ontario Autism Program.

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Facts3
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22.5%

Only 20,711 children have active funding agreements (22.5%), less than one in four

Primary sourceMCCSS FOI via OAC · May 2026Verified 2026-08-10

WHO recommends accessible, community-based early interventions for children with autism. Timely evidence-based psychosocial interventions improve communication and social engagement

Primary sourceWorld Health Organization (2025)Verified 2025-09-17
Last system verification: 2026-08-10. Next scheduled update: 2026-11-05.
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