Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)

I am not expecting the Minister of State to have the figure today but the breakdown of schools that do not have autism classes would be very revealing. I am also hearing that religious patron schools are much less likely to have autism classes. It is something I have heard anecdotally but I cannot stand over it. I have heard it a lot though. Why is the Department accepting this? It should be put on the record that parents and autistic people do not like the term "ASD" any longer so we should not use it. Autism is not a disorder. I know we use shorthand but we should be very careful of the language we use.