Radio News Stories on the Struggle for Intensive Behavioral Intervention

CKNW's Bill Good Program: Jean Lewis, FEAT-BC Director, joins Chris Hinkson Q.C., to discuss a new autism lawsuit issued in British Columbia against the provincial public education system as well as a school district. "This lawsuit is a last resort," explains Lewis. The suit has been launched to ensure that medically necessary autism treatment is not blocked at the school door to ensure children struggling with this condition have equal access to an appropriate public education.

CKNW Radio’s Bill Good Program interviews Dr. Sabrina Freeman, author of 'Science for Sale in the Autism Wars: Medically necessary autism treatment, the court battle for health insurance and why health technology academics are enemy number one." Dr. Freeman’s book exposes, in well-documented detail, the dishonest advocacy research B.C.’s Ministry of Health commissioned for their defense in the landmark Auton case. The B.C. Supreme Court ruled that health policy academics at U.B.C. had produced "obviously biased" research for the court hearings. Ignoring the court’s troubling finding of fact, the B.C. Office of Health Technology has gone on to publish and distribute -- worldwide -- its negative and highly misleading report on Lovaas Treatment.

More information on this whistle-blower book is at skfbooks.com. The book is available online at Amazon.

The Premier of British Columbia -- Honourable Gordon Campbell –- is interviewed on CKNW’s Bill Good program regarding government’s persistent rejection of three autism treatment court rulings and the ongoing lack of autism health care funding in B.C. Mr. Good asks the Premier this question: “three court decisions have told your government [autism is] a health care issue, that the families need specific early intervention fully funded by government. You continue to stall; why?”

CKNW Radio’s Bill Good Program interviews Jean Lewis — FEAT BC Director (September, 2003): BC Government appeals yet another autism legal ruling, even after five BC judges have already ruled in favour of public funding for children in medically necessary treatment programs. The 'Anderson' ruling says the Auton families are de facto a 'class' ... and stop litigating these autism cases ad infintum. The government’s response -- yet more litigation to the BC Court of Appeal.

CKNW Radio’s Bill Good Program interviews Jean Lewis — FEAT BC Director — about the Supreme Court of Canada's decision to hear the British Columbia Government's appeal of the landmark Auton ruling on medically necessary autism treatment.

CKNW Radio’s Bill Good Program interviews Jean Lewis, about the writ filed for twenty-three families in the Supreme Court lawsuit against the British Columbia Government for public funding of medically necessary autism treatment.

CKNW Radio "Bill Good Show": FEAT BC Director Jean Lewis and Deborah Antifaev discuss broken election promises made by Gordon Campbell's BC Liberal Government regarding autism treatment

CBC Radio "Daybreak": government’s new, so-called “intensive,behavioural”, autism intervention project ('EIBI'); Robin Syme, senior official from BC Children’s Ministry, (A/Director, Child, Family and Community Living) vs. Jean Lewis, FEAT BC Director

CKNW Vancouver, Rafe Mair Show: FEAT BC Executive Director Sabrina Freeman discusses two-tiered health care, a harsh reality of BC government neglect, and the struggle of families dealing with autism. (RealAudio)

CHQR Calgary, Dave Rutherford Show: FEAT BC Executive Director Sabrina Freeman discusses BC governments appeal of BC Supreme Court ruling in favour of publicly funded intensive behavioural treatment for autism. (RealAudio)

CFAX Victoria, Terry Moore Show: FEAT BC Directors, Jean Lewis and Sabrina Freeman discuss government autism contractees, BC government bureaucrats, and the Dosanjh government's August 25, 2000 appeal of BC Supreme Court ruling in favour of children afflicted with autism. (RealAudio)

CKNW Vancouver, Bill Good Show: FEAT BC Directors, Jean Lewis and Sabrina Freeman on the landmark July 2000 BC Supreme Court ruling declaring children with autism are victims of BC government discrimination and that itensive behavioural treatment for autism is "medically necessary" and must be publicly funded. (RealAudio)

Appeal of BC Supreme Court autism ruling; Government files Notic of Appeal: Sabrina Freeman announces late-breaking news by phone on CKNW's Bill Good Show, August 25, 2000 (RealAudio)

CBC Radio "As it Happens": BC Supreme Court autism treatment decision: Sabrina Freeman, interview on CBC's national radio news program regarding BC Supreme Court victory for families of autistic children (RealAudio)

CBC Radio "BC Almanac": BC Supreme Court autism treatment decision: Sabrina Freeman on BC Almanac program, July 28, 2000 (RealAudio)

Three Vancouver area Lovaas therapists discuss Lovaas Treatment on CKNW's Bill Good Show, April 2000 (RealAudio)

Dee Dee Doyle, FEAT BC Richmond, discusses the struggle with Richmond School District to end obstructionism and obtain cooperation between school staff, the Richmond "Autism Team" and home-based Lovaas Treatment programs. (RealAudio)

CBC Radio: Lovaas Treatment: Shannon Rodrigue, US Lovaas consultant, interviewed on CBC Radio, Early Edition, April 14, 2000; what is Lovaas therapy and what is the impact on families (RealAudio)