There isn’t a handle on the true scale of autism in Jamaica. It is estimated that one in 100 children (one per cent) is diagnosed with the disorder. The absence of hard data is allowing the scale of the issue to be underestimated, but leads to delayed intervention, and policy to be reactive rather than planned. Nor is there a system to track people who suffer from autism, or other developmental disorders, across their lives, to provide policymakers with the kinds of information required to inform long-term policies to deal with these issues.