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In Ontario , a five-year waitlist stood between Jen Addison and accessing autism support for her son Joshua .
Joshua 's diagnosis requires an array of supports, including speech language therapy, occupational therapy, applied behaviour analysis ( ABA ) therapy and respite care.
Alberta is one of the leading provinces for autism supports for families and children.
There were 20,003 families accessing FSCD supports in Alberta in the 2023-2024 fiscal year .
About 50 per cent of the children in that caseload have a primary diagnosis of autism.
The province said it has allocated over $685 million since 2022 to the program to support families and address wait list pressure.
Ontario’s Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services said its government had made improvements to the provincial autism program by “doubling its budget in 2019 ” to $600 million annually .
The province is working to expand diagnoses, but she is seeing issues with pediatricians and physicians who are not picking up signs that a child should be referred for further evaluation.
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