AUTISM SERVICES in the North are facing a crisis because of the number of cases, a campaigner has claimed.
Up to one in 64 have the condition and there needs to be an Assembly Bill and more money for hard-pressed providers, a Stormont committee heard yesterday.
Arlene Cassidy, chief executive of Autism NI, addressed a Stormont committee meeting yesterday.
“What we have at the minute is a crisis facing services because of the number of people with autism,” Ms Cassidy said. “Exceptional measures need to be addressed.”