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Being Included in Canada’s National Autism Strategy: Aidan and Family Share Their Thoughts

Aide Canada & Pacific Autism Family Network

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Canada is working towards creating a National Autism Strategy to improve supports for individuals and their families in the autism community. Sometimes, autistic people who also have an intellectual disability are left behind when policy conversations happen. In this video, we interview Aidan and his mother to find out more about their journey and what they need in the future to help Aidan live his best life moving forward.



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Keywords Across Canada , Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) , Intellectual Disability (ID) , Managing major life transitions , Pacific Autism Family Network , Parent Author/Contributor , Planning for the future , Self-advocate author or contributor , Well-being and life satisfaction