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Nova Scotia increasing early intervention support for students with autism

Nova Scotia to expand early intervention program for children with autism. File / Getty Images

HALIFAX – Nova Scotia is expanding a program that helps children with autism get treatment before they enter school.

The provincial government says it’s adding between 20 and 25 new spaces in the program starting in September — creating a total of 110 spaces.

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Total funding for the program will be 10-million-dollars a year.

There are currently 25 children on the waitlist who will enter school at age six in 2016 next year.

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