Did you know that our Government invests in Autism Spectrum Disorder support and research across Canada?
✔️ Autism Nova Scotia is receiving more than $800,000 in funding and in-kind contributions to scale up their Healthy Relationships, Sexuality & Autism (HRSA) Program through the Government of Canada’s Autism Spectrum Disorder Strategic Fund.
✔️ Budget 2019 proposes a 12 million investment through Budget 2019 for the Ready, Willing and Able program to help those with autism enter the workforce (all NS MPs advocated for this!)
✔️ Investing over $9 million in community-based projects to better serve families’ needs
✔️ Providing funding for a National Resource and Exchange Network for autism information, resources & services
✔️ Investing over $42 million towards research to improve understanding and treatment of autism
