Family begins Supreme Court appeal in fight for ABA education for autistic son

An appeal brought on behalf of a young autistic boy against the High Court's refusal to compel the State to provide funding into the future for a specific form of education for him has commenced before the Supreme Court yesterday.

In what was regarded as a test case for autistic children seeking education according to the system of Applied Behavioual Analysis (ABA) Seán Ó Cuanacháin (10), who sued through his father Cian, of Woodbine Avenue, Mountain View, Arklow, Co Wicklow sought orders compelling the State to provide funding for education under the ABA method.