The risk of self-harm presenting to emergency rooms is three times higher for boys with ASD compared to those not on the autism spectrum. Additionally, researchers found a four-fold increase in self-harm behaviors for both males and females with ADHD. Children with less than 80% school attendance also had a three times higher risk of self-harming behaviors.
A record 100,089 children are now on some form of the National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has .