Dec 7, 2021, Cambrian News: Council to spend £48,000 [$64,000] to bolster autism support boost https://www.criccieth-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=138314&headline=Council%20to%20spend%20%C2%A348%2C000%20to%20bolster%20autism%20support%20boost§ionIs=news&searchyear=2021
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Gwynedd’s cabinet has backed spending £48,000 to bolster autism support services after it was criticised in a damning ombudsman report. Meeting on Tuesday, 30 November, members unanimously approved the setting up of a children and adult autism board as well as an authority-wide training programme and taking on dedicated staff in the field. The £48,000 [$64,000] spend will be Gwynedd Council’s contribution to an overall £144,000 [$190,000] project it shares with Anglesey Council and the Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board, helping to fund the post of a dedicated Autism Co-ordinator and two social worker posts. In 2019 the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales upheld a complaint by the parents of an autistic child and forced Gwynedd Council to pay £500 compensation and for the chief executive to write a letter of apology to the family....
“By reviewing the arrangements, we have been able to develop an exciting Autism Plan that will ensure that children and young people have access to support that is tailored to their individual needs.”
The report noted that the plan sought “to respond to the lessons from that complaint, together with the Ombudsman’s recommendation.”...
According to the report, evidence suggests that raising a basic awareness and providing training on autism can substantially improve people’s ability to communicate with people on the spectrum.
Cllr Morgan added: “Autism is not visual and all public services are involved in the field of autism work....
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