Ms Grainne Morrison:

The second biggest cause of death in the autistic community is suicide. In that context, I refer to the situation that exists when people who have children with suicidal ideation are looking to access a psychiatric service - we know there are benefits that can be offered to them; some therapies or whatever else - and are denied it. Some 80% of autistic people will have suicide or mental health problems and the second biggest cause of death is suicide.