Question 17100 — people with disabilities

Summary

Mr. Arnaud Viala alerts the Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, responsible for disabled people, to the deficiencies in the level of care for autism in France. Autism affects an average of 650,000 people in France. These men and women as well as their families need, to different degrees, care and support from public services. It is serious that in France, 80% of children affected with autism are not in school. Specialized educational structures are too rare; the same goes for qualified staff in schools. Only 15% of needs are met. Parents find themselves destitute and alone, most of the time, with the feeling of being abandoned by the public authorities. The problem can be even more serious when parents disappear or the autistic person finds himself isolated or unable to access a home if necessary. France is several decades behind certain countries. The State has been condemned several times for failing to fulfill its legal obligations in educational, therapeutic or social matters towards these people. In addition, there are still serious shortcomings in terms of autism diagnosis, but the problems also affect autism resource centers which are completely overloaded. It is necessary to count, on average, between 300 days and 1,000 days to benefit from a precise diagnosis of disorders or absence of disorders. Unfortunately, once autism is proven, support is not constant; around 45% of autistic adolescents and adults have experienced breakdowns during their support. At a time when the Government is preparing to launch the fourth plan on autism since 2005, he is asking what measures will be taken in the long term in France to fill such deficiencies in terms of care and support for autism, but also what solutions can be proposed to local authorities to offer maximum assistance to these people and those around them.

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