Following Ontario’s Fall Economic Outlook, Balance SSCS welcomes the province's $965 million OAP investment alongside recent positive steps like the DON waiver and workforce grants, while emphasizing that ongoing collaboration is still needed to overcome the program's structural and administrative bottlenecks.

Supporting your autistic child begins with understanding who they are, not changing who they are.

Balance Support & Self Care Studios Responds to Community Living Ontario's Call for Provincial Restraint and Seclusion Policy

Read why a policy on restraint seclusion is crucial for Ontario's schools. Learn how restraint seclusion impacts students and the need for change.

Balance Support & Self Care Studios responds to Ontario’s latest EQAO results and calls for greater attention to disability, accessibility, accommodations and student outcomes.

Learn why saying Parker Wells "died because he was autistic" is inaccurate, and why neuro-affirming, evidence-based language matters.

Read our heartfelt statement on the passing of Parker Wells in Calgary. His story highlights the urgent need for autism-informed emergency response, water safety, elopement prevention, and stronger government action.

Browse our roundup of autism and disability events happening in August 2026 for Hamilton and surrounding areas

ICYMI see the quotes about autism and education that we have been posted on our social media accounts

Learn why the term “special needs” is considered ableist

Balance Support & Self Care Studios Welcomes New Provincial Budget Investments into the Ontario Autism Program (OAP) and Developmental Services

A review of what Balance SSCS has done in 2025

Our Statement on the Milton Behaviour Therapist Accused of Assaulting Two Autistic Children

Our Statement Regarding Minister Calandra’s Response to Ontario’s Latest EQAO Scores

Our Statement to Trump's Claim That Tylenol is Linked to Autism

Upcoming autism & disability-related events in September 2025 for Hamilton and surrounding region

A list of upcoming virtual and in-person autism-related events in August for Hamilton region and surrounding area

A long overdue review of what Balance SSCS accomplished in 2024

Our Statement Regarding the Student Elopement Incident at DDSB

This is a list of upcoming Sensitive Santa / inclusive holiday events in Ontario