Parents of Tipperary boy with autism and eating disorder to seek treatment in UK

Couple say they cannot access services for their son in Ireland

Caitriona and Rafal Pliszka at home in Cashel, Co Tipperary: They are considering taking Riain to a private facility in Milton Keynes in the UK for an assessment and therapy. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

The parents of a young Tipperary boy with autism and an eating disorder are considering taking him to the UK because they cannot access services for him in Ireland.

Riain Pliszka, 12, from Cashel has been diagnosed with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) and was diagnosed with autism in 2013, at the age of two years old. He also has anxiety.