# assessing autism

This year

2023

The Explainer x Noteworthy: Why is it so tough to access autism services?

Reporter Niall Sargent and expert Eleanor McSherry tell Susan Daly about chronic delays in autism assessments and services for children.

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Mar 21st 2023, 4:30 PM

‘Shouting into a black hole’: Chronic delays to autism services failing children

A report by

Niall Sargent

Families left in limbo as hundreds of vacancies in HSE teams impact capacity to provide autism support.

Noteworthy investigates multi-year waiting lists for therapy and the devastating impacts on families

Over 700 vacancies remain across the 91 teams responsible for providing autism services

Expert: "The reality is the system is broken"

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Mar 20th 2023, 12:05 AM

All time

The long wait for autism assessment: 'From cautiously optimistic to desperately worried'

‘Starting primary school was always going to be difficult but now I am concerned that it will be deeply traumatic and damaging.’

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Aug 25th 2020, 7:30 PM

Opinion: 'We battled to have our son's autism diagnosed - how might the delay have affected him?'

Mother’s six-year struggle of appeals, complaints and a High Court case to get her son the help he needed.

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Mar 18th 2020, 7:29 PM