6 Years Later New Brunswick STILL Hasn ' t Addressed Adult Autism Care

Years have passed, governments have come and gone, but still the elected members of the New Brunswick legislative assembly, despite international recognition for its parent advocacy driven early intervention and school autism services, have not seen fit to provide a systemic adult care autism system in New Brunswick.The following blog commentary is a re-post, word for word, of a commentary I posted on May 5, 2009: Autistic Adult Care Improvements Long Overdue in New Brunswick.  Since then one group home has received some training for staff from UNB via the Department of Social development. Beyond that though there has been very little progress. As I said in concluding 6 years ago:"The time to help autistic adults is overdue though ... long overdue " Today, over 6 years later, that statement is truer, and sadder, than ever:I have said often on this blog that I am very happy with the progress that has been made here in New Brunswick in addressing the needs for evidence based autism treatment and in ensuring that autistic children receive a real, quality education. There are still problems that have to be addressed concerning preschool interventions for and education of autistic children but the distance we have traveled in the six years since then Health Minister Elvy Robichaud announced in the New Brunswick legislature that the government was committing funds specifically to autism is remarkable. That progress has, for the most part...
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