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th ei fp .c a Th e IF P -H al to n H ill s | T hu rs da y, F eb ru ar y 21 ,2 01 9 | 8 who has two sons on the spectrum, says he is also alarmed by the announce- ment. His eldest son Toby, 10, re- cently completed four years of intensive behavioural in- tervention therapy, but his youngest son Luke, 9, is cur- rently receiving 20 hours each week. "We've seen huge gains with them, but in terms of the next 18 months, what's going to happen with Luke? Is he going to get kicked out? I don't know," Galvao said. Galvao added that despite the province's intention to cut wait times, the amount of money that will be allocated to each child will not be enough to cover the services required in the long term. "If you do the math, it's peanuts," he said. "You can feed the village a bowl of rice, but guess what? They're still going to be starving." The day following the an- nouncement, the Ford gov- ernment issued a press re- lease, lauding their planned changes and outlining some positive feedback they have received from members of the autism community across Ontario. Halton MPPs have been echoing the government's optimism with regards to the new program. "Since I was elected in June I have been hearing from families in my commu- nity who have told me that the current program is bro- ken," Oakville North-Bur- lington MPP Effie Triantafi- lopoulos said in a statement to the IFP. "It is unacceptable that 75 per cent of these chil- dren are currently on a wait list to seek the necessary treatment for their individu- alized needs." Milton MPP Parm Gill provided a similar comment. "Autism hits close to home for every community across our province and Mil- ton is no exception. Our gov- ernment's plan ensures that no families will have to wait over two years to receive sup- port for their children again," he said. Due to his new role as Speaker of the House at Queen's Park, Wellington- Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott was unable to comment on the matter. The province's planned funding allocation per child is centred on the notion that children between the ages of two and five have the best long-term success from ther- apy, a stat the government has been including in litera- ture about the program re- form. Payne says this puts other families at a disadvantage, adding that just because a child is older than five, that doesn't mean the therapy will be rendered ineffective. "It's such a struggle al- ready," she said. "I don't know how this plan is going to be effective moving for- ward." NEWS HORRENDOUS WAIT TIMES WILL VANISH, SAYS GOVERNMENT Six-year-old Dylan Payne, of Acton, has been receiving 30 hours of Applied Behavior Analysis therapy per week since April, 2018 - service his mother fears he may lose as a result of the Ontario government's recent announcement regarding autism funding. 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