This briefing includes research on suicide risk in Autistic children. Some readers will find the subject matter difficult. Please engage with this material when you feel emotionally supported.

You may have heard that tying funding to an Autism diagnosis led to more Autism diagnoses in BC. We looked for the evidence. We found no published study or audit measuring Autism overdiagnosis in BC, and the Ministry says it is not questioning any child's diagnosis. Yet Level 1 and Level 2 Autistic children are not on the new Disability Benefit's automatic list, and many families are expected to receive much less when Autism Funding ends on March 31, 2027. Here is what the public record shows, including the Ministry's own example of a child who does not qualify.

Submitted online to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services through its Budget 2027 call for input.

Our submission looks at the Budget 2026 figures for the new Children and Youth with Support Needs (CYSN) framework, using the government's own caseload projections, Service Plan and budget tables. We make three recommendations: set a Disability Benefit floor of at least $6,500 for children aged 6 to 18 and $17,000 for children under 6, and publish the higher-tier criteria; fund rural and remote access as its own budget item, with bridge funding for families until public services exist where they live; and keep per-child funding level in real terms as caseloads grow.

B.C. called its February 2026 disability funding announcement "historic." The province's own budget shows spending per child served peaks for a single year, then falls about 30% by 2028/29, even as the number of children served climbs past 79,000. This report tests the "historic investment" claim against three consecutive MCFD Service Plans and the government's own figures, alongside a plain-language op-ed and a full sources appendix where every figure is traced to its primary document.

Sent to Jodie Wickens, Minister of Children and Family Development. Copied to David Eby, Premier; Dr. Jennifer Charlesworth, Representative for Children and Youth; Rohini Arora, Chair, Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth; and Reann Gasper, MLA and Official Opposition Critic for Child Care and Children and Youth with Support Needs.

A submission to the Ministry of Children and Family Development on the 2026 Children and Youth with Support Needs funding model and its impact on early intervention for children under six. The submission examines what the research literature establishes about early-intervention outcomes, what the 2026 framework changes for families of young children, and what the evidence base actually supports.

Sent to District Parent Advisory Councils (DPACs) in school districts across BC.

March 2027 will end individualized Autism funding for more than 20,000 BC children. The province says classrooms won't feel it. Every educator working with Autistic students knows otherwise. In May 2026, we wrote to BC educators about what is at stake and asked them to put classroom reality in front of decision-makers through A Teachers' Voice Survey. The survey is now closed.

They listened to the language. They ignored the intent. Between 2023 and 2024, the BC Government ran a public engagement on supports for children and youth with disabilities. Over 5,000 British Columbians, 63 First Nations communities and organizations, and partner organizations representing Autism, Down syndrome, FASD, ADHD, and the broader disability community took part. Families and disability communities were clear about what needed to change. This briefing compares what they asked for, in their own words, with what the 2026 Children and Youth with Support Needs (CYSN) framework actually delivered.

This briefing addresses child physical and sexual abuse risk in Autistic children. Some readers will find the subject matter difficult. Please engage with this material when you feel emotionally supported.

Sent to Jodie Wickens, Minister of Children and Family Development. Copied to Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care; Jagrup Brar, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction; Jennifer Charlesworth, Representative for Children and Youth; and Reann Gasper, MLA and Official Opposition Critic for Child Care and Children and Youth with Support Needs.

The province's Duty to Report message collides with its disability funding reform for the population that peer-reviewed research identifies as facing the highest independent risk of childhood physical and sexual abuse. This briefing was submitted to the Ministry of Children and Family Development on May 5, 2026. A companion letter accompanied the submission.

Sent to Reann Gasper, MLA and Official Opposition Critic for Child Care and Children and Youth with Support Needs; Jodie Wickens, Minister of Children and Family Development; Josie Osborne, Minister of Health; and Brenda Bailey, Minister of Finance.

Reply: Minister Jodie Wickens replied on June 17, 2026. See the reply and our analysis

MCFD is restructuring family-managed Autism funding while directing those same families toward a contracted service system that its own audits and consultants have, for six years, said it cannot adequately oversee. Our analysis examines the 2019 audits, the cost contrast, the six-year gap, and the contradiction at the centre of the 2026 transition.

Sent to the BC Ombudsperson, the Representative for Children and Youth, the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth, the Select Standing Committee on Health, the Minister of Children and Family Development, the Minister of Health, and the Premier.

Reply: The Ministry of Health replied on May 6, 2026. See the reply and our analysis

This report package contains evidence-based findings regarding systemic negligence, foreseeable harm, and the impact of funding changes on the Autism and neurodiverse community. We discuss these topics to ensure accountability, but we recognize they may be distressing for parents, caregivers, Autistic and neurodiverse individuals. Please engage with this information when you feel emotionally supported.

The announcement said more children will be supported. Here's what they didn't say. The BC Government redesigned how disability supports reach children and youth. For thousands of Autism and disability families in this province, the details tell a very different story than the headlines.

The handout we prepared for the Rally at the Legislative Building in Victoria to close out Autism Acceptance Month.

Sent to Premier David Eby and Minister Jodie Wickens on March 9, 2026.

Reply: The Ministry of Children and Family Development replied on May 4, 2026. See the reply and our analysis

An analysis of the 2026 Children and Youth with Support Needs framework, examining its accessibility for rural families, its alignment with the Child, Family and Community Service Act, and the mathematical viability of the proposed Hub model.