HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's health minister says an expert panel has been appointed to make recommendations on how to improve the treatment of children diagnosed with autism.
Leo Glavine says the nine-member panel will research the latest evidence around autism and will report back to him in the fall with recommendations.
The panel includes doctors, psychologists and others who work with children with autism.
The Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention program was introduced in 2005 to help children with autism get treatment before they entered school.
The provincial government says about 130 children participate in the program each year and nearly 200 children are on the wait list.
