Motion or amendment: Delivering Fit-for-Purpose Autism Services
Motion or amendment by Mr Danny Donnelly on .
- MLA
- Mr Danny Donnelly
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 27 April 2026
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Delivering Fit-for-Purpose Autism Services
- Assembly identifier
- Document 481830
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Delivering Fit-for-Purpose Autism Services
That this Assembly expresses significant concern at the failure to provide fit-for-purpose services and support for those impacted by autism in Northern Ireland; further expresses significant concern at the findings of the Independent Autism Reviewer’s Annual Report September 2024 – March 2026 including on major pressures in respite and short break provision, the mental health effects of long autism assessment waiting times, the postcode lottery of available services, and the lack of a cross-government transition pathway for autistic young people; agrees that, with autism rates rising exponentially, providing high quality and responsive autism services should be a priority for the Department of Health; and calls on the Minister of Health to outline how he will ensure delivery of the measures in the Autism Strategy 2023 – 2028 and the Autism Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 during the rest of the Assembly mandate and his plans for the continued improvement of services in the years that follow.
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