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May 11, 2015 H L Doherty

Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Gallant Government Builds Centre for Youth With Complex Needs In Campbellton Far From Most NB Families

I understand the outrage of former Youth Advocate Bernard Richard’s outrage over the Gallant government’s announcement that it will build a new centre for youth with complex needs in Campbellton. I have long criticized New Brunswick governments for sending NB adults with severe autism disorders out of the province to

June 25, 2014 H L Doherty

Facing Autism in New Brunswick: NIMBY: New Brunswick Sends Severely Autistic Adults to NB’s Northern Border with Quebec and To Maine, Far From Most Families

NIMBY, Not In My Back Yard: Severely autistic NB youth and adults are sent out of the province to the Spurwink facility in Maine and to the Restigouche Regional Psychiatric Hospital in Campbellton on NB’s northern border with Quebec far from families and communities in NB’s more heavily populated south.