"Our Callum is a nine-year-old little boy and he's scared — we're scared," Carly Sutherland told reporters during a news conference at the Nova Scotia legislature. Sutherland said her family is living a "nightmare" because there are no proper supports or treatment for Callum. "I call on the government of Nova Scotia to right the egregious wrong that is our treatment of children with autism in crisis and their families. Our family and the families who have faced this before us … need appropriate crisis intervention services," Sutherland said. Not an isolated case, says advocacy groupVicki Harvey, community outreach co-ordinator with Autism Nova Scotia, said the Sutherlands' story is not an isolated case.

Source: CBC News November 30, 2017 19:52 UTC