Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Caroline Poole:

We make phone calls constantly requiring help. My daughter was only recently taken into CAMHS. She was diagnosed in May with anorexia and social anxiety, and I have not seen anybody since. I rang and she was given an appointment. When I arrived, the appointment was cancelled. They said they had tried to ring me, but I had no missed phone call. I rang again and said that she was in crisis and was refusing school. I also have a son in CAMHS and so they gave me an appointment for the two of them. They put her on medication and just gave me a three-month script for his medication.

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