91,974
children are registered in the Ontario Autism Program
Public information
Ask your MPP for a meeting.
A letter is a record. A meeting is a conversation. Here is how to get one.
The ladder
Four steps, in order
Each step says how long it takes, what it can do, and what it cannot. You can read the whole page without entering anything; add a postal code under "Who represents you" and the script and the request fill themselves in.
- 1
Send the letterCreates a dated record the office can point back to.
Time it takes: About two minutes with the letter tool.
What this can do
- Puts your request on the record with a date.
- Gives the office a written summary before you call.
- Works from any device, with no account.
What this cannot do
- Guarantee a reply. Offices are not required to answer.
- Set a service date for your child.
- 2
Call the constituency officeNinety seconds with the staff who keep the calendar.
Time it takes: About ninety seconds once someone answers.
What this can do
- Reach the staff who handle the constituency calendar.
- Confirm the right address for your one-page summary.
- Give the office a name and a riding to match to your letter.
What this cannot do
- Reach the MPP in person. Constituency staff take most calls.
- Commit the office to a date on the spot.
Your script
Hello. My name is [your name], and I am a constituent in this riding. I would like to ask for a fifteen-minute meeting about autism service wait times in this riding. I can send a one-page summary ahead of the meeting. Could you tell me how to book that meeting, and who I should send the summary to? Thank you for your help.
This directory does not carry constituency phone numbers. Find the office number on the member's page at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Open the member list
- 3
Request the meetingA short written request with three times you can make.
Time it takes: About five minutes to fill in and send.
What this can do
- Give the office three windows so booking is easy to say yes to.
- State your request in writing, in your own words.
- Travel with you: copy it into webmail if you do not use a mail app.
What this cannot do
- Oblige an MPP to meet you.
- Change a funding decision on its own.
- 4
Bring the one-page briefWalk in with the same published figures a reporter would use.
Time it takes: About one minute to print.
Go to the briefWhat this can do
- Leave the office something with sources on it.
- Keep the meeting on the published record instead of memory.
- Give staff a page they can pass upward.
What this cannot do
- Speak for other families. It carries your account, not theirs.
- Replace what you say in the room. The page supports you; it does not stand in for you.
Who represents you
Your postal code finds your MPP and fills in the riding for the call script and the meeting request.
Your log
Tick each rung as you finish it, so you can see where you are the next time you come back.
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This log stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
One-page brief: Ontario Autism Program wait times
Prepared for a constituency meeting with your MPP. Every figure below is published, with its source and date.
91,974
Children registered with the Ontario Autism Program
As of May 13, 2026. Source: MCCSS Ontario Autism Program figures, May 13, 2026, obtained by the Ontario Autism Coalition under Freedom of Information.
71,263
Registered children with no active Core Funding Agreement
77.5% of registered children
As of May 13, 2026. Source: MCCSS Ontario Autism Program figures, May 13, 2026, obtained by the Ontario Autism Coalition under Freedom of Information.
20,711
Children with an active Core Funding Agreement
22.5% of registered children
As of May 13, 2026. Source: MCCSS Ontario Autism Program figures, May 13, 2026, obtained by the Ontario Autism Coalition under Freedom of Information.
$965M
Ontario Autism Program budget, 2026-27
Provincial allocation for the programme
2026-27 allocation. Source: Ontario Ministry of Finance, Ontario Budget 2026 — OAP Allocation (https://budget.ontario.ca/2026/).
The funding gap
The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario estimated in 2020 that $1.35B was needed to serve the children then registered, at 2018-19 service levels. Measured against the 2026-27 allocation, that leaves $385M (FAO 2020 at 2018-19 levels vs. 2026-27 budget).
The FAO estimate was built on the caseload registered in 2020 and on service levels from 2018-19. Registration has grown since, so the 2020 estimate is a floor, not a current costing. Source: Financial Accountability Office of Ontario, 2020.
What I am asking for
I am asking you to raise Ontario Autism Program wait times with the ministry, and to tell me what you hear back.
Edit this line before you print. It is the sentence you want the office to remember.
Compiled by End The Wait Ontario · endthewaitontario.com/advocacy/request-a-meeting · Figures last verified August 2026.
What a meeting can and cannot do
An honest account, so you can decide whether this is worth your time.
What it can do
- Put your family in front of the person who can raise it in the legislature.
- Give an MPP something specific they can raise with the ministry.
- Create a dated, documented contact you can refer back to later.
- Leave staff with a page of published figures they can pass upward.
What it cannot do
- Move your child up the Ontario Autism Program waitlist.
- Change a funding decision. Those are made by the ministry and its administrator.
- Oblige an MPP to meet you, or to agree with you.
- Replace a formal complaint or a legal route when you need one.
A meeting sits beside the formal routes, not instead of them. AccessOAP, the Ombudsman, and the legal clinics each do something a constituency office cannot.
Evidence for this guide
- MCCSS bi-weekly OAP Core Clinical Services progress reports (FOI release CSS2026-0749). Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (Ontario) (March 2026)
- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services: Spending Plan Review (2024). Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (2024)
- Ontario Budget 2026 — OAP Allocation. Ontario Ministry of Finance (2026)
Keep going
Finish with the useful part.
One next step, the evidence behind it, and the page context—grouped instead of repeated.
About this pageSee authorship, freshness, trust signals, and ways to stay current.+
Written bySpencer Carroll
Founder & Autism Advocate
EvidenceInspect the sources, verification dates, and method behind the page.+
Verified on-page claims
Directly paired with official government filings, FOI releases, and audited datasets.
Facts4
Sources3
22.5%
Only 20,711 children have active funding agreements (22.5%), less than one in four
According to the FAO (2020 report), OAP funding covers less than one-third of estimated need at 2018-19 service levels
$965M
Ontario allocated $965M to the Ontario Autism Program in 2026-27
Last system verification: 2026-08-10. Next scheduled update: 2026-11-05.