THE FILM!

Benchmarked is a story about two families who grapple and prevail with the day-to-day challenges of raising autistic children.

When nine-year-old Clifford McIntosh was diagnosed with Autism, his parents, Bruce and Laura waited two and half years before receiving any help from the Ontario government for their son's much needed therapy. As a result they founded the Ontario Autism Coalition to fight on behalf of autistic children for better access to education and government funding.

Paul Ceretti, a single father of five, is suing the Ontario government because his six-year-old daughter Delanie will no longer be receiving government-funded therapy. She was cut off from the program because of a benchmark policy that contains new guidelines to determine which children can stay in the program.

Benchmarked is a documentary that shows just how far parents will go when they feel society is taking their children's future away.

FEATURED INTERVIEWS

Deb Matthews, Minister of Children and Youth Services

Kathleen Wynne, Minister of Education

CREDITS

Producer Riva Finkelstein

Director Ann Pirvu

Sr. Researcher Margarita Tcarnolousskaia

Camera Aamer Trambu

Editor Andrea Seto