Autism Diagnosis: An Uneven Playing Field?
The long wait for an autism diagnosis – how people are falling through the cracks
As more people have become aware of what it means to be autistic, waiting times to be assessed have increased dramatically – and campaigners fear a quarter of a million people could be on the list in England by the end of this year.
“Am I going mad?” – The misunderstanding for autistic people during the menopause
When Rose Matthews woke up in a police cell, they couldn’t understand how they had got there and why their life felt as though it was spiralling out of control.
“My brother was diagnosed with autism at 15 but I had to wait until I was 33”
A woman has spoken out in frustration after her family were left to fall between the cracks as she waited 18 years longer than her brother to be diagnosed with autism.
