Children waiting for applied behavior analysis (ABA) and intensive behavioral intervention (IBI) has increased to thousands in Ontario.
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‘Ministry of Children and Youth Services revealed that there was a decrease in number of children getting autism treatment though the funding has increased in Ontario.’
In the year 2005-2006, 753 were waiting for IBI but now it has reached to 2, 192 whereas for ABA it has increased from 2, 786 to 13,966. The number of children receiving ABA has dropped from 8,926 to 8000 this year. Estimates from the Ministry of Children and Youth Services show that the wait lists are growing exponentially faster than the number of children receiving government-funded treatment.
Tracy MacCharles, Minister of Children & Youth Services and Minister Responsible for Women's Issues, said, “The government is constantly working to improve the services it provides and is investing more than $190 million in autism services this year, an increase of more than $100 million since 2004.”
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