Dr. Brendan McCormack:

I am not in disagreement, necessarily, with the approach. Other jurisdictions use other approaches and certain team approaches work well. Indeed, it works within our services as well. In child services, for example, some diagnoses are carried out by people who are trained in autism. The use of the autism diagnostic observation schedule, ADOS, is an example. A person trained in the use of the ADOS protocol who is a psychologist or psychiatrist can make the diagnosis. That is an example of interdisciplinary work. Models exist here and in other countries. We have advanced nurse practitioners. That area could potentially be developed further. They have the ability to make diagnoses, depending on their specialty. Certainly, that is something to be looked at.