britchick35

Hi All,
I'm fairly new here , but my main question is , has anyone ever succesfully emigrated to Canada with a family member with ASD( autistic spectrum disorder) any level?

We were planning to move but feel we may not have been given all the info by our consultants. However right now I feel like we are floggin a dead horse, we have been told by the high comission in London on a case by case basis, and been given that from some other sources, but also we have been told on no account by people at the emigrate show no , you can get out fast track but when it comes to PR you will be refused.
I was told if you cost the government more than $2000 dollars per year simple maths then you wont get in ???
My health also hasnt been great had surgery and now take hrt, one professional told me that is fine and wont stop us another told us it would.

So im basically wanting to hear if anyone actually has done it and got pr from any route with autsim involved or do you know anyone that has , to date so far , i havent actually heard of a single one!!!

Any information would be gratefully received.

thanks.

Journeyman Electrician

Not sure if this helps

Apparently the figure is assessed by simply taking the health bill for Canada and dividing it by the population, I heard that the magic figure was set at about $6000.

ASD covers a massive spectrum best to speak to specialist explain your intent and get an informed prognosis along with forecast expenditure.

britchick35

hi thanks, i was told the 2k figure but obviously the higher the better , where coudl i obtain a forcast from as im guessing things would be very different there than in england ....she is at the top end i think you would say she has high functioning autism/aspergers syndrome and attends mainstream school though she does have a statement of education here entitleing her to a grand 5 hours help a week , which she really doesnt get, that said the uncertainty of the move has unsettled her and we have needed more appointments so that wont help, i just dont want to get the kids there on a work permit and then apply for pr and be rejected, thanks anyway

Journeyman Electrician

I'm no medical expert
but if your daughter is high functioning ASD attending a standard school requiring only minimal extra help and will manage to graduate high school and get a job then as far as the excessive burden to the Canadian healthcare system is concerned there no real problem.
As far as the expenditure/ burden forecast goes I would speak to your GP or your child's development specialist and get it put into a report format that you could use when you get your PR medical requests.

Journeyman Electrician

The following link takes you to the DMP Handbook, check out the forms completed by the applicant and pay particular attention to forms especially Part A.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLIsh/pdf/pub/dmp-handbook.pdf

Part A completed by the DMP

britchick35

bingo ... you beauty thankyou ....now i dont know whos out to help who as several people have told us we are no elligble on that score but in myhumble opinon and im not a doc we may have a fighting chance....

thankyou so much for your time and effort, i cant tell you how much i appreciate it cheers

britchick35

3monkeys

hi were hoping to move to Canada. We have 3 kids and my eldest son has adhd and aspergers syndrome. He takes medication to control his adhd. He too is in a mainstream school with no help and is more than keeping up. He isn't statemented at all. He plays for the local football team and is captain of the local cricket team. He is very independent and very athletic and loves sports of all kinds. We have been told by a lawyer that we will be ineligible to immigrate due to his condition and that it would put a strain on resources. We are gutted we are not sure what to do as other lawyers tell us he won't be a problem at all. Any advice would be great. Sorry to ambush the thread

luvmykids

Hi there,

I hope so. We have a son with ASD (high functioning, aspegers) and we are waiting to hear very soon now. Jim Humpheries (former visa officer) on this forum has said that he heard of some cases getting through, although it is case by case. There is someone on this forum who got granted PR, whom we followed their pattern. They provided educational psychologists report, and something from the GP stating that they had minimal cost to health care system and a report from school, stating that minimal assistance was given there.

Our situation is slightly different so we provided a full report from the paediatrician, and a report from the speech therapist who was a part of his diagnosis team - all of which saying that Ben (our son) was high functioning and borderline. A letter from GP stating that Ben received no intervention treatments and hasn't been seen by GP for anything to do with ASD. We actually home school our kids so couldn't get a letter from school, but, provided our own report, but included a copy for Bens last IEP (individual Educational Plan) from before we took him out.

All of this info together shows that he should not be a burden and currently costs the system next to nothing. So we are hopeful.

Nonetheless, I'd be lying if I told you that we were relaxed whilst waiting for the verdict - it is quite stressful.

fionamst

YES! it can be done. My son has Aspergers syndrome and we came here in 2005 on a TWP, we did our medicals and were initially refused with the statement that he would be a drain on the Canadian health and social system so basically we sent them as many pieces of paper stating he can cope with life with very little help as we could - psychologist reports, letters from school, letter from our GP in Canada then the same reports from Scotland from before we emigrated. Also I don't know how they can say you'll drain the system when Aspergers is no longer funded in the schools, so here in Alberta they have had to recode these kids to there specific learning disorders. We are PR and our son is doing well in high school with some educational assistance in class but not a lot - the big thing we now see a future here for him that we didn't see in Scotland as he had no extra help or extra time for things, here he can have extra time for work/exams, if needed he can have his exams read or scribed also in class he can have a scribe which is mainly what his EA does for him so he can keep up with notes in class.

So hold on prove your kid can cope by getting anyone who will put it down in writing to do so and give them all your reports etc when you do the medicals and hopefully you'll be hunky dory!
Good luck
Fiona

3monkeys

hi thanks for the replies we have new hope now. My son can cope and has no help here in the UK. We will keep on going as we only at the beginning of the process. I will keep you informed of our progress. My son is 8 almost 9 so I don't know if that helps us or not.Again thank you for taking the time to reply.

fionamst

Our son was 13 when we first came over on twp and will turn 16 next week and we became PR's in April - so i hope this gives you hope.

Fiona

needasmack

bear in mind it takes 3 months (i think) to get ohip (if you are moving to ontario), so if your child has any meds get your GP in the UK to fill you up enough to cover the wait time. In ontario a GP visit with out OHIP costs $50 currently. This can be reclaimed - but it is an out of pocket expense.

Good Luck !


Sharma

3monkeys

hi thanks again for the advice, we are still hopeful and I will fight any negative decision. I was hoping to take at least 8 months worth of meds with us to be sure for him as they are working fine but i'm not sure if they have the same meds in ontario so i will have to do some checking up.

dbd33

You might also want to check the price of those medication in Ontario. OHIP won't pay for them and private insurers may not want to cover a pre-existing condition.