{"id":6496,"date":"2024-01-22T14:53:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T18:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=6496"},"modified":"2024-01-22T14:53:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T18:53:34","slug":"nova-scotia-offers-one-time-grant-to-help-autistic-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/01\/22\/nova-scotia-offers-one-time-grant-to-help-autistic-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia offers one-time grant to help autistic children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6495\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6495\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Autism-photo-16x9-1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Autism-photo-16x9-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Autism-photo-16x9-1-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Autism-photo-16x9-1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Autism-photo-16x9-1-1536x860.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Autism-photo-16x9-1-2048x1147.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An augmentative communication device for children with autism. (Communications Nova Scotia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nova Scotians who have a child with autism can now apply for up to $3,000 to cover costs of equipment, supplies and other expenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Autism Family Support Fund is open to lower-income families with an autistic child 16 years old or younger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The provincial government announced the funding Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some examples of equipment eligible for funding include door alarms and minor home improvements, educational materials, respite costs, travel, or programming such as camps or tutoring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The province says families should apply by Feb. 23 for the one-time grant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information, go to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwkhealth.ca\/autism-family-support-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/iwkhealth.ca\/autism-family-support-fund<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> .\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nova Scotians who have a child with autism can now apply for up to $3,000 to cover costs of equipment, supplies and other expenses. The Autism Family Support Fund is open to lower-income families with an autistic child 16 years old or younger. The provincial government announced the funding Monday. Some examples of equipment eligible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[1642,1641,1643,241,294],"class_list":["post-6496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-austism-family-support-fund","tag-autism","tag-low-income","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nova-scotia-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6497,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6496\/revisions\/6497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}