Neurodiversity: Medical Treatments
Commons · Question 49098 · Tabled 29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 May 2025
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of levels of access to medication by neurodivergent people who have been diagnosed (a) by the NHS and (b) privately.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 8 May 2025
Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition, related to how the brain develops, rather than an illness. Although some approaches are particularly helpful for autistic people, and medication may be prescribed for co-existing issues, autism is not treated dire...