3/14/2023 0 Comments Concerns for children living with autism and ADHD as paediatrician wait lists increaseParents say they are becoming increasingly desperate as they try to find paediatricians and specialists with the capacity to help children with ADHD and autism.
Paediatricians and GPs say they are being overwhelmed by children needing help — describing the situation as a "tsunami". It comes as the community continues to mourn 14-year-old Jai Dyer, from Western Australia's South West, who took his own life just a few weeks ago, as his mother desperately tried to get him into a paediatrician for ADHD. In Perth, parents say they are facing an 18-month wait to see a public paediatrician, but wait times are estimated to be longer in regional and remote areas. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-14/concerns-children-adhd-autism-wa-paediatrician-wait-lists/102090688
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