Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru

National Assembly for Wales

Bil Awtistiaeth (Cymru) drafft

Draft Autism (Wales) Bill

Arolwg Ar-lein DAB158

Online Survey DAB158

Ymateb gan Cyfrannog ar-lein 158

Evidence from Online Participant 158

Please refer to questions in the Online Survey.

Question

Answer

01

Yes

It is a huge spectrum that affects ever person differently

02

Not sure

03

Yes

04

Not sure

05

No

06

No

07

No as long as it done properly

08

If young people are in education, education professionals should be involved

09

Not sure

10

Yes

11

Teachers

12

Being unable to communicate verbally for themselves

13

Yes

14

The access they have to services

15

Not sure

16

Yes

17

It should happen all the time.

18

Raising awareness is always a good idea. It needs to be made clear what exactly the awareness is. Every person diagnosed with Autism is different and often people are not aware of the severity of it. As a teacher of autistic children, it can be an exceptionally difficult job understanding the need of all the different children and people being aware of their needs.

19

Once a pupil has been diagnosed it needs to be that local authorities provide the funding required to meet the needs of the pupils and where nescessary, pupils are rebanded accordingly.