Ontario autism services enrolments decline in some weeks despite large waitlist, documents show

Ontario’s progress in giving children with autism access to government-funded core therapy has slowed so significantly that at times the number of kids enrolled is actually declining, despite a ballooning wait-list, according to documents obtained by The Canadian Press.Progress updates on the Ontario Autism Program show a widening gulf between the number of children seeking services – 73,031 at the time of the most recent data from the end of June – and the number receiving funding for key therapies, which was at that time 14,113.