The Ford government says it will look at providing more needs-based help for children with autism — while eliminating means-testing for services — after facing intense pressure from families over changes it announced last month. Article Continued Below(Fee also recently said she would have to rely on a line of credit and ask her parents for help to continue autism services for her kids.) ( Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star file photo ) Parents and autism advocacy groups joined a massive protest at Queen's Park on March 7 over the Ford government’s plan to overhaul the province’s autism program. The government has budgeted $321 million for autism services for the next fiscal year. (In Missouri, where health insurance companies must cover autism services, families can claim up to the equivalent of about $61,000 per year for a child, with the annual average being less than $6,700.)

Source: thestar March 21, 2019 14:15 UTC