News articles and media coverage relating to autism
Item 3 on the agenda: This briefing from ICB colleagues seeks input and views from Committee members about Adult Autism and ADHD Assessment services, and in particular: service pressures and risks; the pilot phase including service developments and engagement events; the proposed solutions which reflect the learning from the pilot phase; and what happens next, including the work being undertaken...
Growing awareness about ADHD and autism is reshaping thinking in science, society and medicine. Scientists explain what’s behind the rise – and the best ways to improve neurodivergent lives
The number of under-25s with an autism care plan in North Yorkshire has risen by almost 400%, it has been revealed. North Yorkshire Council said the significant increase had put the authority under “enormous pressure” to fund support for young people with special educational needs. Autism is now the most common “primary need” in the county, a council report said.
Response to a question to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of NHS provision for the treatment of ADHD in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) England.
The extraordinary rise in demand for autism assessments and ADHD treatments in England has overtaken the NHS’s capacity to meet it, a think tank says. Growing backlogs and longer waiting times are negatively impacting people’s daily lives, it warned. It said a “radical rethink” was needed.
YaaaG attended the North Yorkshire Council Executive Meeting on 6th February 2024 and spoke up about the unmet needs of Autistic people. “The council’s consultation exercise had become an internal celebration of process, based on non-transformational echo-chamber analysis and group-think, with minimal attention given to outcomes and output.”