Desperate mum blasts HSE as son misses out on school place over assessment delay

A desperate mother says her little boy has missed out on starting school later this year because of a delay by the HSE in getting him assessed for autism.Anna Houlihan applied, through her GP, for an assessment of needs for her four-year-old son, Arthur, last September and was told by the HSE that he would be seen by January.However, Arthur is still waiting and Anna says she can't get any answers from the HSE .

"He is in a mainstream ECCE playschool at the minute but the teachers and I know he would do well in early intervention. "I'm constantly checking my emails a hundred times a day, hoping something has landed. I'm calling the HSE to be told that if I've made a complaint, then I should ring that department. So I ring the complaints department and I'm told that my email hasn't yet been reviewed.

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