Extract from Wales Assembly debate on Autism - Jul 17
Thursday, 18 July 2019 07:19
Nick Ramsay AM:...More than one in three adults with autism
experience severe mental health challenges, but, again, this isn't
necessarily directly related to autism, but the support, or lack of
support, we as a society offer to those people. At this point I
would like to mention the invaluable work of groups such
as Mencap Cymru in my area, in Chepstow, an organisation
that's been running for 40 years and has had great success in
dealing with young people with a range of...Request free trial
AM:...More than one in
three adults with autism experience severe mental health
challenges, but, again, this isn't necessarily directly related to
autism, but the support, or lack of support, we as a society offer
to those people. At this point I would like to mention the
invaluable work of groups such as Mencap Cymru in my area, in Chepstow, an
organisation that's been running for 40 years and has had great
success in dealing with young people with a range of difficulties,
of learning difficulties, and also a number of people with severe
autism. There are many other groups out there that are working
equally hard in all of our constituencies and they really are
making a real difference on the ground, where it matters...
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