Children make up around 20 per cent of the population – yet CAMHS only receives 6.4 per cent of mental health spending.
Is the sequestering, incarceration and forgetting of these vulnerable children and young adults any better than in Georgian and Victorian times?
Recommendations in a report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism are well worth Ministers and others taking up.
Within the autism community, almost eight in ten will experience a mental health problem at some point in their life. The NHS must provide better support.
Those with conditions such as autism and ADHD are sufferingly needlessly for lack of accessible diagnosis and proper support at school and the workplace.