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Founder, End The Wait Ontario · HRTO applicant (2025-62264-I)
A parent whose son was diagnosed early, registered immediately, and waited while the developmental window closed. Available for interviews, background briefings, data clarification, and on-the-record comment on Ontario autism services.
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World Health Organization
A father's story was included in a World Health Organization Instagram reel about autism, care, and early intervention. Not affiliated with or endorsed by WHO.
Why this exists
My son was diagnosed early. We registered immediately. Then we waited while the developmental window kept closing. This project turns that waiting into public record, evidence, and action.
CityNews Toronto · Aug 17, 2026
Reporting on Ontario Autism Program wait times, CityNews attributed the province-wide waitlist figure and the province's average wait of more than five years to End The Wait Ontario, describing it as a parent-led campaign that tracks wait times.
CCRW · Apr 30, 2026
The Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work — a national disability-employment charity — cited our plain-language stimming explainer in its neurodiversity-in-the-workplace education article. Credit, not affiliation or endorsement.
Ottawa Citizen · Jun 21, 2026
An Ottawa Citizen profile of a Kanata family on the spectrum, citing the FOI-released data we verify and publish on the OAP funding gap.
CBC News · Mar 30, 2026
A CBC News investigation by Toronto's Enterprise Unit, drawing on FOI-released progress reports.
CBC Ottawa Morning · Mar 31, 2026
A five-year wait, in the founder's own voice, days after the 2026 budget.
The Trillium · Mar 27, 2026
OAC demands core-therapy funding be ringfenced. Trillium policy beat.
The Trillium · Mar 25, 2026
Sneh Duggal's feature on endthewaitontario.com, FOI-released data we verify and publish, public-record.
OPSEU Report · Jun 3, 2026
Ontario's largest public service union cited waitlist data consistent with the FOI-released figures we publish, and lists End The Wait Ontario among its sources, in their report on the $1 billion privatization of public services.
Founded by Spencer Carroll. HRTO 2025-62264-I · Applicant. Every number FOI-verified, methodology. All press coverage.
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Independent verification
Where this data and these explainers are cited, referenced, reported on, and used as a source by third parties — including the Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW).
Unions and formal institutions referencing the data.
References Ontario Autism Coalition and End The Wait Ontario data in the context of Ontario Autism Program waitlists, including the reported figure of approximately 67,509 children waiting as of January 2026.
News outlets reporting on the work.
Names Spencer Carroll and reports that he created End The Wait Ontario to improve transparency and compile autism-service data and resources.
Italian-language coverage names Spencer Carroll and End The Wait Ontario, describing the site as collecting autism-service data and resources.
Queen’s Park coverage on accountability and data transparency for Ontario autism families.
Reporting on Ontario Autism Program wait times, CityNews attributed the province-wide waitlist figure and an average wait of more than five years to End The Wait Ontario, describing it as a parent-led campaign that tracks wait times.
Tamil-language Canadian reporting attributes the five-year-plus Ontario Autism Program wait and the province-wide 70,000-plus waitlist figure to End The Wait Ontario.
Jointly published reporting on the shortage of inclusive summer camps names End The Wait Ontario when describing the Ontario Autism Program waitlist.
Independent Canadian outlet sourcing the core-clinical waitlist figure to this site in reporting on Ontario public-service spending.
Regional and family resource navigators pointing to the data.
Cites End The Wait Ontario’s Special Education Audit analysis — assessment wait times and educational-assistant coverage by board — in a source list alongside the Auditor General and CBC.
Lists End The Wait Ontario as a resource for waitlist data, advocacy tools, regional resources, and an OAP guide.
Cites End The Wait Ontario’s 2026 OAP funding-amounts page.
Service providers and disability-sector organizations using the work as a source.
Cites the End The Wait Ontario stimming and autism resource in its neurodiversity-in-the-workplace material.
Cites End The Wait Ontario’s public-vs-private assessment cost comparison page.
Cites End The Wait Ontario for ABA therapy cost and OAP funding-range information.
Parent and community channels where the work is shared.
Shared as a parent-led resource compiling wait-time data and pushing for evidence-based care.
Lists End The Wait Ontario as a source for Ontario autism waitlist data.
End The Wait Ontario and its waitlist figures are discussed in parent and advocacy communities.
A Northern Ontario awareness post explicitly credits End The Wait Ontario as its data source.
Posts circulate the site’s Ontario autism waitlist statistics and OAP data.
HRTO Case Disclaimer
The legal claims in Carroll v. Ontario (HRTO 2025-62264-I) involve specific individual circumstances and are distinct from the general advocacy positions expressed on this website. This case alleges that wait times during documented critical developmental windows may constitute discrimination under Ontario's Human Rights Code.
How many children are on the Ontario autism waitlist?
Latest FOI data shows 91,974 children are registered in the Ontario Autism Program (May 2026), while only 22.5% have active funding agreements. [FOI] An active funding agreement does not mean a child is receiving services; it is an administrative status distinct from service delivery. The Ontario Autism Coalition reported in July 2026 that some families in its community had waited more than five years. That report is not a province-wide average. Last verified: 2026-08-10
Source: Financial Accountability Office of Ontario [FAO] & FOI Data · Open source record
What makes End The Wait Ontario different from other autism resources?
End The Wait Ontario analyzes Ontario's autism waitlist crisis using verified program data from Freedom of Information requests filed by the Ontario Autism Coalition (Dec 2025) and CBC News (Jan 2026), and the FAO. [FOI] Because this platform aggregates ministry and watchdog figures in one place, parents and advocates can monitor the crisis in real time and hold decision‑makers accountable. Last verified: 2026-08-10
Source: Financial Accountability Office of Ontario [FAO] & FOI Data · Open source record
Why is there such a long waitlist?
FAO spending‑plan reviews show that, even as 91,974 children are registered in the OAP (May 2026), only 22.5% have active funding agreements. [FOI] This structural underfunding creates a permanent backlog: each year, more children join the waitlist than transition into therapy.
Source: Financial Accountability Office of Ontario [FAO] & FOI Data · Open source record
Evidence on this page
Key claims are paired with their source, evidence tier, and verification date so readers can inspect the public record directly.
91,974
children are registered in the Ontario Autism Program
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
Next steps & sources
Direct action pathways, primary source data, and contextual verification.
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