The process to ensure a fully realized life must ensure a commitment to provide resources that
enable a good life for everyone across the spectrum.6 Autism is a complex and expensive
condition and governments in most jurisdictions are struggling with how to provide resources
and manage the increasing demands on service systems that provide long-term care and
supports for those with disability. The presence of inadequate services could reflect the
problem that governments are underestimating the full cost of community-based supports for
the vast range of unique needs of those living with a neurodevelopmental spectrum disorder,
such as autism.