Moving the goalposts won’t solve the problem of autism assessment wait lists

Every year sees more and more delayed autism assessments. The HSE has a proposal to fix the problem, but is it simply a case of lack of resources? Michael Clifford reports

Ian and Josie Diamond from Walkinstown in Dublin with their son Dylan, 5, who has autism and is receiving no formal education because of the unavailablility of a suitable place for him in either a primary school with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) unit or a special school. Pictures: Moya Nolan