SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A center for children and adolescents with autism and other developmental disorders is opening in South Portland.
The Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders is a part of Maine Behavioral Healthcare and the Spring Harbor Hospital. The clinic will help children and their families with living at home and succeeding at school. It will also help connect them with physicians and psychiatrists.
"What's unique about this place this is one place where a child with autism or other developmental disorders in their families can come and see most of the providers they need under one roof in one place with one plan of care," said Dr. Matthew Siegel.
Experts estimate that one out of 88 children will be on the Autism spectrum. Males are four times more likely than females to have an Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Grants from the Alfond Foundation and Judith Glickman are funding the center.
