200 autistic teens in limbo over school places

With only weeks to go before the next school term starts, the mother of a severely autistic teenager is still waiting to find out if her daughter will be deprived of the education and support services she needs.

Around 200 autistic teens have been left in limbo and don’t know if the services they are entitled to in order to educate their children will be there for them in September.

Despite making her daughter’s plight public four weeks ago, Eilish Barrett still does not know what will happen in just a few weeks’ time.