National Disability Strategy

Part of Women and Equalities – in the House of Commons at on 30 November 2022.

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Photo of Tom Hunt Tom Hunt Conservative, Ipswich

We know that a key challenge for many young people with disabilities is getting assessments and getting them funded, so that they and their parents can find out what disabilities they have. I have a constituent who has been told they must wait up to 18 months for an assessment to find out whether they have autism to be completed. Is there an opportunity in the national disability strategy to better enable and fund the accessibility—and accelerate the completion—of those assessments, which can make a life-changing difference to individuals?