Judge expresses concern at speed of assessment for child who has been out of school for a year

A High Court judge has expressed her concern over the speed in which an independent assessment of an eight-year-old boy, who has been out of school for more than a year, is being conducted.

Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds voiced her concern in a case where the State disputes a diagnosis of the boy as having Asperger's Syndrome, which is a form of Autism.