Wait for core Ontario autism services tops 5 years: advocates

Wait for core Ontario autism services tops 5 years: advocates

TORONTO — When Ashley Ferreira's five-year-old son was diagnosed with autism in 2020 she never imagined that a five-year wait lay ahead for him to get access to government-funded core therapies.
"I thought that the diagnosis came with help," she said.

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