Health Care Action Plan needed

there are two major health issues in this province one of which is just barely starting to get talked about (diabetes) and another which is fundamentally ignored (autism)

Diabetes affects 74000 people in this province of that 90 percent is preventable and controllable by diet. 7400 or are type one insulin dependant diabetes requiring constant monitoring and daily shot for life

The controllable version is largely caused by poor nutrition which is usually caused by lack of decent choices due to high cost of "healthy foods"

Autism affects 1 in 91 people worldwide or again almost 7400 people province wide and generally tho not exclusively boys

these two diseases are extremely underfunded in comparison to higher profile but less common diseases like cancer and the end results can be far more expensive

both diabetes and autism are growing exponentially and unless we first develop the ability for people to control the controllable type 2 and research proper options for type one we are going to find ourselves with an aging population that will be highly susceptible to other illnesses and disease and far increased costs of care

Autism is an even greater concern because many Autistic patients are unable to care for themselves sufficiently to live on their own
this will mean as this population ages (unlike diabetes patients who often die younger then average autistism patients live a normal life span) there will be a greater and greater need for special care facilities to deal with and properly care for autisistic patients

this is going to create a massive drain on the system unless we can find a way to alleviate the symptoms and stop the rapid growth of the disease within the population

as recently as 2000 autism was found in 1 in 110 people and in 10 years it has grown to 1 in 91 which is close to a 1% increase in 10 years