Sir, -So the Supreme Court has decided that an autistic child's right to education ceases at age 18.
There is currently a backlog of more than 100 cases being taken by parents to secure the basic right of primary education for their children.
This is due entirely to the gross inadequacy of the State in failing to provide for the education of children with autism and other disabilities.
For these parents, the issue is hardly when education will cease, but rather when it will begin! - Yours, etc,
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Sandra Walsh, Secretary, I Can Do (Irish Childrens' Autism Network for Developmental Opportunities), Moylare Abbey, Maynooth, Co.Kildare.