A austim program in 91大黄鸭 will be closing its doors on Dec. 20 due to a lack of funding.

Starbright Children鈥檚 Development Centre announced yesterday that the fee-for-service program will cease operations just before Christmas.

鈥淚t is with an extremely heavy heart that we tell you that due to funding pressures that have escalated year by year, the Autism Program of Starbright Children鈥檚 Development Centre will end on December 20th of 2019,鈥� states a post of the organization鈥檚 Facebook.

鈥淵esterday, November 19th, our staff learned of the devastating news. That same evening, the parents of the children in our autism program were let know, as were the parents on our waitlist for the autism program. The therapies and programming offered by Starbright through its other departments will continue to provide their early intervention services with the passion and compassion for which the centre is known.鈥�

Upon hearing the news, ,any members of the community took to Facebook to express how big of a loss the program will be for the community.

鈥淰ery sad news, the autism program was a huge part of our life for over three years,鈥� said Cheryl Poff. 鈥淚 feel terrible for all the wonderful workers in the program.鈥�

鈥淪uch sad news,鈥� said Jenn Steinbrecker. 鈥淲ithout the services and support provided by Starbright my family would not be thriving like they are today. Sully and I love all of you.鈥�

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