Autism: The struggles of suspected patients battling long waiting lists

New research has found that three in five individuals on the autism diagnosis waiting list still haven’t been assessed after a year – despite the target being 13 weeks.

And according to a new survey, 70% of people with autism have received no support at all, despite 93% of them saying the state of their mental health is having an impact on their life – as Sky’s Emma Birchley reports.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/long-waiting-lists-and-no-support-the-struggles-of-suspected-autism-patients-13037569

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