Families who live in rural Ontario say they're having difficulty accessing mobile autism support services.
Lori Byvelds has been advocating for her 13-year-old son since he was diagnosed with autism almost a decade ago.
She and her son are now on a wait list for mobile services, which may not be available to them before the summer, and in the meantime Byvelds worries he will suffer. McLaughlin's son was diagnosed with autism in 2012, and she said getting support at a young age is critical for children's development, making wait lists a problem.
"We can do some rural areas, but we try to avoid anything more than an hour because we just can't afford it," said Derkach. Merrilee Fullerton, minister of Children, Community and Social Services, initially said the government would enrol 8,000 kids into core clinical services such as behavioural therapy by the end of fall 2021 and into 2022.
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