Canada
2 articles. All topics
- Policy
British Columbia’s incoming premier promises to keep autism funding for at least another year
British Columbia’s incoming Conservative government has promised to keep the province’s Autism Funding Program for at least a year and to review the planned move to a needs-based disability benefit. Families of autistic children are still waiting to hear when, and how, the promise will take effect.
- Research
Autistic young people diagnosed later had more psychiatric visits, small Canadian study finds
Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · Cohort study · 147 participants
- Peer-reviewed
A Canadian study of 147 autistic young people found that those diagnosed later had more psychiatric healthcare visits than those diagnosed earlier. The authors say this points to a need for better support after a later diagnosis.