News –6th July 2017
Autistic adults are failing to receive social care support following diagnoses across 55% of the UK.
The new figures have been revealed by Public Health England and the National Autistic Society.
A diagnosis should trigger a social care assessment but the new figures suggest this is happening in just 45% of local areas, down from 54% in 2014/15.
The NAS say the evidence shows that local areas who invested in their diagnosis pathway and services saw a decrease in waiting times.
Getting worse
“These figures give us a glimpse of the autism diagnosis crisis in England, suggesting that adults are on average waiting almost 25 percent longer for a first appointment than they were when the last assessment was carried out two years ago,”
said Mark Lever, Chief Executive of the National Autistic Society.
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