Almost three-quarters of older adults diagnosed with autism have
never had a community care assessment in apparent contravention of
statutory guidance, a National Autistic Society survey has found.
The charity found 71% of adults aged over 45 with a diagnosis of
autism had not had their needs assessed by their local authority.
This is despite the 2010 autism strategy
saying that an autism diagnosis should trigger the local authority's
duty, under the NHS and Community Care Act, to assess people who may be
in need of community care services.
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