Advocate says services for adults with autism lacking in N.B.

by Jeremy Keefe Global News.

Conor and Dad 2016 Photo, Global News

2016 Interview with Jeremy Keefe Global News. Services for adults with autism were lacking then in NB. They are still lacking today.

Ignorance, lack of government care, corruption, have all played a role in preventing development of the autism village network with a centrally located centre for the most severely affected in Fredericton which is also the home of NB's developing autism expertise with a network of group homes for autistic adults with different challenge levels located in communities around the province. We talk "community" and "inclusions" but we still banish severely autistic adults to our northern border to a psychiatric hospital far from the vast majority of families in the south.

It is time for action; it is time for NB to begin acting to develop the adult autism village proposal presented formally to then Minister of Social Development Cathy Rogers in 2015. A centre for the most severely challenged by autism, with autism expertise that would also train and overlook staff in group homes with autistic adults with different challenge levels located in communities around the province.

Conor Photos 2018 with Mom and Dad

Conor Happy as Always but STILL NO Adult Residentail Care Plan in NB

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NB Needs an Adult Autism Center and Network

"Paul McDonnell, September, 2010 "Our greatest need at present is to develop services for adolescents and adults. What is needed is a range of residential and non-residential services and these services need to be staffed with behaviourally trained supervisors and therapists. In the past we have had the sad spectacle of individuals with autism being sent off to institutional settings such as the Campbellton psychiatric hospital, hospital wards, prisons, and even out of the country at enormous expense and without any gains to the individual, the family or the community. We need an enhanced group home system throughout the province in which homes would be linked directly to a major centre that could provide ongoing training, leadership and supervision. That major centre could also provide services for those who are mildly affected as well as permanent residential care and treatment for the most severely affected. Such a secure centre would not be based on a traditional "hospital" model but should, itself, be integrated into the community in a dynamic manner, possibly as part of a private residential development.The focus must be on education, positive living experiences, and individualized curricula. The key to success is properly trained professionals and staff."