You Are Invited to Discuss Adult Autism Care in New Brunswick

Published: October 10, 2007, 5:06 am

Tags: autism disorder, autism society new brunswick, lila barry, autism awareness, adult services, adult autism

Lila Barry, President, Autism Society New BrunswickOctober is Autism Awareness month in Canada. Since last October the Centre for Disease Control in the United States has changed its estimates of autism prevalence. The CDC had previously estimated that 1 in 166 persons has some form of autism disorder. In February 2007, they released a new estimate of 1 in 150. In the United Kingdom, the generally accepted estimate is 1 in 100. There is much debate over to what extent the increasingly larger estimates of the total numbers of persons with autism reflects actual increases or changes in diagnostic criteria combined with greater public awareness.The fact remains that most places, including New Brunswick, are in dire need of autism-specific services. Autism is not just a different personality type. It is a recognized neurological disorder with communication, behavior and social impairments varying in severity.Some great strides have been made in New Brunswick over the past eight years

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