The Provincial Autism Centre was founded in October of 2002. In this video Edward chats to Jen MacKay, Office Manager of the Centre. Jen explains the work the centre does.
Autism is a complex neurological disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate and interact with other people, and with their environment. This page will give you a broad definition of autism, including the major impairments of the disorder and how they can impact upon an individual with autism. It will also give you basic information about the incidence of autism, therapy and ideas about possible causes. For more information please follow this link http://www.autismcentre.ns.ca/index.html