Change How Educational Settings Are Used To Determine ADOS Diagnosis

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

We need the Assessments to be tailored to the individual including where the assessments take place as we are finding, more and more Families are not getting the diagnosis due to not meeting the Criteria based on the findings they receive from the Educational Setting.

We are finding a common problem arising and this is that of how an Educational setting is affecting the outcome of their child's diagnosis or lack of. Educational settings provides routine to which children suspected of having autism are more than happy to have however the problem is not there, it is when they are in a home or social environment that the child's problems then arise as they have had either a sensory or emotional overload.
Masking is a common behavioural trait in Autism

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand you have concerns about Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnoses, however it's not clear what it is you would like the Government to do.

In any case, how autism is diagnosed is a clinical matter for the NHS, not the UK Government or Parliament. You can find out more about this here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/getting-diagnosed/assessments/

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Timeline

13 May 2021	Petition opened for signatures
18 May 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 May 2021

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