"Vulnerable kids with severe autism are being failed because of a scandalous lack of specialist care in Scotland, it has been claimed. Charities and campaigners have slammed a woefully underfunded system which is letting down silent armies of parents struggling to get the support they need for their autistic children."
"One desperate mum has been forced to spend thousands of pounds travelling more than 200 miles to see her 16-year-old son in England. A dire lack of funding means loving mother Nina Ni has been denied the care her son Tianze desperately needs near his Scottish home."
http://www.sundaypost.com/news-views/uk/my-autistic-son-is-a-prisoner-in-hospital-200-miles-from-home-1.586206
Update:
Nina Ni has moved away from her Scottish home to be closer to her son Tianze.
She has a petition:
https://www.change.org/p/rt-hon-norman-lamb-mp-please-bring-my-autistic-son-tianze-home/u/9351891?recruiter=129930465&utm_source=share_update&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=facebook_link&fb_action_ids=1477231462497661&fb_action_types=og.shares
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