Private ABA Therapy a Medical Expense?
Apologies if this is not the right place to post this question. I've looked online and couldn't find a conclusive answer, so would appreciate if someone knows.
Our son was diagnosed with autism in April of 2015. We placed him on the government wait lists for both Applied Behavior Analysis therapy and Intensive Behavioural Intervention therapy. Knowing that these wait lists are incredibly long we decided to engage a private ABA therapist for 4 hours a week. The cost of this private therapy is very high (Thousands of dollars spent last year) and I was wondering if it would be eligible as a medical expense within our tax returns to at least be able to claim back a tax credit of 15% (Residence is Ontario)?
TIA
Our son was diagnosed with autism in April of 2015. We placed him on the government wait lists for both Applied Behavior Analysis therapy and Intensive Behavioural Intervention therapy. Knowing that these wait lists are incredibly long we decided to engage a private ABA therapist for 4 hours a week. The cost of this private therapy is very high (Thousands of dollars spent last year) and I was wondering if it would be eligible as a medical expense within our tax returns to at least be able to claim back a tax credit of 15% (Residence is Ontario)?
TIA