WRITTEN STATEMENTS OF OPINION TABLED ON 17/11/2009
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OPIN-2009-0102 - Don’t Write Me Off
Raised By:
Janet Ryder
Mark Isherwood
Sandy Mewies
Jenny Randerson
Subscribers:
William Graham 18/11/2009
Eleanor Burnham 18/11/2009
Ann Jones 18/11/2009
Peter Black 18/11/2009
Lesley Griffiths 18/11/2009
Trish Law 18/11/2009
Kirsty Williams 18/11/2009
Mike German 18/11/2009
Lorraine Barrett 18/11/2009
Paul Davies 18/11/2009
Christine Chapman 19/11/2009
Rosemary Butler 19/11/2009
Nick Bourne 26/11/2009
Val Lloyd 26/11/2009
Helen Mary Jones 01/12/2009
Leanne Wood 01/12/2009
Dai Lloyd 01/12/2009
Chris Franks 01/12/2009
Mohammad Asghar 01/12/2009
Rhodri Glyn Thomas 01/12/2009
Bethan Jenkins 01/12/2009
Gareth Jones 01/12/2009
David Melding 01/12/2009
Nerys Evans 03/12/2009
Mick Bates 11/01/2010
Don’t Write Me Off
This Assembly:
Notes with concern the National Autistic Society's Don't Write Me Off report. Of adults with autism surveyed:
One-third are without a job or benefits
Just 15% have a full-time job
79% on Incapacity Benefit want to work
82% who have applied for benefits needed support to apply
Believes that of the estimated 18,000 adults with autism in Wales too many find themselves written off, receiving neither benefits nor support to access work.
Calls upon the Welsh Assembly Government to work closely with JobCentre Plus to deliver the changes required in Don't Write Me Off.