Research funding has been increased by the Combating Autism Act to better treat future generations of individuals with autism, with the ultimate goal of a cure.

Currently, as far as education goes, New Jersey's school system for autistic children under 21 is quite good. If your town does not offer sufficient services for your child with autism, it is your right to send your child somewhere that does. The government guarantees a proper education for all children, which allows autistic children the ability to prosper to their full potential.

The biggest problem of New Jersey's autism services is the availability of those services for adults to continue their education once they age out of the school system. Once 21, adults with autism are no longer entitled to an appropriate school program. They will be placed on a waiting list for access to the adult service system, which includes support for employment opportunities, in-home supports, adult day service, and residential services. Sometimes this wait can be a lifetime, especially for parents who hope to ensure their child's future before they are no longer able to care for them. Furthermore, these services are not even autism specific. Adults with autism require consistent and highly specialized services, and New Jersey's service system is just not sufficient for the state's adult autism population. There do exist specialty schools for adults with autism, but you have to be either extremely lucky or extremely rich for your child to be accepted into these programs.