Dec 13, 2012
By Colleen McCarty
8 News Now
About 4,000 students in the Clark County School District have been diagnosed with some form of autism, a developmental disorder characterized by social, communication and behavioral challenges.
In the coming weeks, the state Department of Education is expected to decide how the district should provide resources for autistic kids and who will have to pay for them.
The school district is proud to be one of a few districts in the country to provide in-home services for some autistic children.
But some parents who get them said they come with a dysfunctional bureaucracy, one that not only delays treatment, but drains families financially.
