Campaigners Assess for Autism want to reverse a decision to tighten the criteria for diagnosis.
By James Craig & Tess de la MareCampaigners have started legal action to reverse a decision to reduce the number of children eligible for an autism diagnosis via NHS services.
She said Assess for Autism's campaign had received an "outpouring of support" and had hit its fundraising target in 10 days. "We don't think that's a good way to be operating services. It is definitely not in the spirit of the NHS," added Ms Breitnauer.Jai Breitnauer is campaigning against the changes to autism assessments
"We have said to him the likelihood is that he is autistic. But until we have a diagnosis it is hard to know what services we can access," added Ms Breitnauer.Sirona said it was undertaking a system-wide review of its services and feedback would be considered.
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