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

EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin is “ignorant to the point of pigheadedness” about the value of ABA education for autistic children, claimed Labour last night.

UP TO 60 children are to be taught in what is believed to be the country’s first large special school dedicated to pupils with autism.