Lack of supports sees ‘hundred of students with autism leave school’
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Hundreds of students on the autism spectrum are falling out of the school system each year due to a lack of support, a conference on autism has been told.
The second AsIAm National Autism Conference held in Dublin on Saturday also heard 20 per cent of people diagnosed with autism were in full-time employment.
According to AsIAm; an autism advocacy organisation, the understanding and expertise required to ensure social participation of people in Ireland with autism lagged behind that of other European countries.”
AsIAm claims thousands of people with autism in Ireland live in isolation with limited friends or social outlets due to a lack of services.
The conference explored the reasonable expectations of a citizen to lead a fulfilling life and Irish society’s failure to vindicate these for people with Autism
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