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A Nova Scotia family is upset with the hurdles that they faced getting their young son diagnosed with autism and with the two-year wait for him to enroll in an early intervention program. Julia Wong/Global News
EASTERN PASSAGE, N.S. A Nova Scotia family is upset with the hurdles they faced getting their young son diagnosed with autism, and with the two-year wait for him to enroll in an early intervention program.
It has been difficult. Its an emotional rollercoaster. We feel like its us against the system, said Sandy Hache-Lawlor.
Hache-Lawlor said she knew something was different with her now three-year-old son, William, when he was about 12 months old.
We started to notice the engagement wasnt there, she said. If we walked into a room, he would not necessarily notice that we were there. We thought something is not quite right.
Hache-Lawlor began doing research and soon found all the signs were pointing to autism.
When we look at all the markers [for autism] and we saw William was a yes for about 40 or 50 different markers. Then, we began to get a little bit alarmed.
The Lawlors family doctor referred them to the autism team at IWK Health Centre.
But she and her husband said they ran into problem after problem trying to get their son assessed.
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Eastern Passage family upset with hurdles for autism diagnosis, treatment wait times