Unpacking the Priority Areas of Canada’s Autism Strategy | What We Heard from the 2025 Canadian Autism Leadership Summit

Autism Alliance of Canada releases 5 Community Briefs that summarize the conversations that happened between participants at CALS2025.

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CALS2025 Impact Report Now Available

Autism Alliance of Canada releases the CALS2025 Impact Report. The 11th annual Canadian Autism Leadership Summit was held April 13-16, 2025 in Ottawa and via livestream. Attendees discussed the 5 priority areas of Canada’s Autism Strategy.

From CALS to the UN: Bringing Your Voice to the World Stage

On July 23, Siyu (Suzanna) Chen—recipient of the 3rd Munson Award—spoke at the UN’s 2025 High-Level Political Forum on inclusive employment in Canada. Nominated by the Alliance, Siyu shared insights from CALS2025, including the role of programs like Ready, Willing and Able.

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Autism Alliance of Canada is a pan-Canadian network with a broad and diverse membership of Autistic people and their families and support persons, as well as clinicians, researchers, policy influencers, service providers and organizations from across Canada. 

We work together as a shared leadership movement to champion a National Autism Strategy that ensures Autistic people have equal rights and opportunities for full participation and acceptance in Canadian society. We harness the power of collective impact as an inclusive organization whose members, board of directors and staff reflect our commitment to Autistic participation in all aspects of our work.

Becoming a member of Autism Alliance of Canada is critical in the work that the Alliance is doing. This is an opportunity for all agencies, self-advocates, families to come together as a collective. It is an opportunity to put our differences aside and come together as one voice in order to make the changes that are necessary.

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Cyndi Gerlach
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