A new autism assessment protocol, which the HSE said will offer a standardised and more specialised route for assessment for children and young people and adults, has been announced.

A NEW autism assessment service will be launched today to make it faster and easier for children to get diagnosed and access supports. Children and Disability Minister Norma Foley and Health ...

For those who have gone through it, know the ordeal: the path to an autism diagnosis often stretches on for months or years.

Doctronic reports that late autism diagnoses in adults are rising, offering critical self-understanding and access to ...

Cultural competence is a core value of professional psychology. While it's not a novel concept (cultural competence has been articulated for more than half a century.), cross-cultural practice may be ...

Trish Byrne, the college’s chair of its faculty of child and adolescent psychiatry, said the planned new “tiered approach” to ...

Planned new autism assessments could “harm children” while lengthening waiting lists for child and adolescent mental health (Camhs) services, advocacy groups say. Neurodiversity Ireland, ADHD Ireland ...

Over 20,000 children are currently on well-documented waiting lists for an assessment of need to determine if they have a disability. Under the law, this should happen within six months – but delays ...

A new approach to diagnosing autism is to be brought to the Cabinet on Tuesday, and will save the State millions by replacing the current fragmented administrative system, it has been claimed. Current ...

When teachers in Ohio’s Mentor public schools conducted alternative assessments for students with autism last school year, they gathered paper worksheets, devised evaluations they thought students ...

The Psychological Society of Ireland called on the HSE for 'stronger governance structures, appropriate recruitment, and resourcing' among other issues ...