English: When I spoke in the debate on the Bill in January, I mentioned the fact that my daughter was awaiting a diagnosis for autism, and she received that diagnosis in February. Tomorrow is her fourth birthday, and some of the things I said at the time were: will she be able to remain in school; how can I help her overcome her frustration at not being able to tell me what she wants; will we ever be able to hold a conversation; how can we approach toilet training if she doesn't understand the concept; who can teach me to help her; and will she ever be able to tell me that she loves me? And I have to say that the support we've received has been incredible. We've received brilliant support. We've been to toileting workshops as parents and she has speech and language support at school. I would say that there is a delay and a wait for EarlyBird training. We are still waiting for that, and I think we'll be waiting for six months after the diagnosis. So there remain problems. I voted against the Bill, but let me say that I would not have voted with the whip. I voted on a decision, having taken advice from many different sources in my constituency. I took advice from the health board, I took advice from Trinity Fields School, and the acclaimed autistic spectrum service that operates there. And the Minister came to visit. And I think an awful lot of this - and I have to say, and I'm speaking now as a parent, I feel an awful lot of this has been the politicisation of autism by parties in this Chamber. I have to say I feel that way and I feel that it has been fed - [ Interruption.] Janet Finch-Saunders is shaking her head; you shouted 'Shame' at me when I said I wasn't going to support the Bill last time. The National Autistic Society is complicit in this. When I read the National Autistic Society's Facebook page, I read some of the comments immediately after the debate, and here are some of the comments that are still on that page today. This is what they said about us as Assembly Members who voted against the Bill: 'Give them an autistic child or a child with special needs and see how they vote then.' 'Welsh Labour are a sack of - expletive. They really couldn't give a toss about autism and individuals and families affected by it.' Someone else said: 'Name and shame the heartless - expletive - who voted against this Bill.' And there was another one who said, 'Maybe MPs who voted to block this Bill should spend a week with families caring for children and adults with ASD.' The National Autistic Society have made no attempt whatsoever to address the inaccuracies - [ Interruption.]
Welsh: Pan siaradais yn y ddadl ar y Bil ym mis Ionawr, crybwyllais y ffaith bod fy merch yn aros am ddiagnosis ar gyfer awtistiaeth, a chafodd y diagnosis hwnnw ym mis Chwefror. Yfory yw ei phedwerydd pen-blwydd, a rhai o'r pethau a ddywedais ar y pryd oedd: a fydd hi'n gallu aros yn yr ysgol; sut y gallaf ei helpu i oresgyn ei rhwystredigaeth nad yw'n gallu dweud wrthyf beth mae hi eisiau; a fyddwn ni byth yn gallu cael sgwrs; sut y gallwn fynd ati i'w dysgu sut i ddefnyddio toiled os nad yw'n deall y cysyniad; pwy all fy addysgu i i'w helpu hi; ac a fydd hi byth yn gallu dweud wrthyf ei bod hi'n fy ngharu? Ac mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud bod y gefnogaeth a gawsom wedi bod yn anhygoel. Rydym wedi derbyn cefnogaeth wych. Rydym wedi mynychu gweithdai toiled fel rhieni ac mae'n cael cymorth iaith a lleferydd yn yr ysgol. Buaswn yn dweud bod yna oedi ac aros am hyfforddiant EarlyBird. Rydym yn dal i aros am hwnnw, ac rwy'n credu y byddwn yn aros am chwe mis ar ôl y diagnosis. Felly mae yna broblemau o hyd. Pleidleisiais yn erbyn y Bil, ond gadewch i mi ddweud na fuaswn wedi pleidleisio gyda'r chwip. Pleidleisiais ar benderfyniad, ar ôl cael cyngor gan lawer o wahanol ffynonellau yn fy etholaeth. Cymerais gyngor gan y bwrdd iechyd, cymerais gyngor gan Ysgol Trinity Fields, a'r gwasanaeth sbectrwm awtistig clodwiw sy'n gweithredu yno. A daeth y Gweinidog i ymweld. Ac rwy'n credu bod llawer iawn o hyn - ac mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud, ac rwy'n siarad fel rhiant yn awr, rwy'n teimlo bod llawer iawn o hyn yn deillio o'r ffaith bod y pleidiau yn y Siambr wedi gwleidyddoli awtistiaeth. Mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud fy mod yn teimlo felly ac rwy'n teimlo ei fod wedi cael ei fwydo - [ T orri ar draws.] Mae Janet Finch-Saunders yn ysgwyd ei phen; fe waeddoch chi 'Cywilydd' arnaf pan ddywedais nad oeddwn i'n mynd i gefnogi'r Bil y tro diwethaf. Mae'r Gymdeithas Awtistiaeth Genedlaethol yn rhan o hyn. Pan ddarllenais dudalen Facebook y Gymdeithas Awtistiaeth Genedlaethol, darllenais rai o'r sylwadau'n syth ar ôl y ddadl, a dyma rai o'r sylwadau sy'n dal i fod ar y dudalen honno heddiw. Dyma'r hyn a ddywedasant amdanom ni fel Aelodau Cynulliad a bleidleisiodd yn erbyn y Bil: 'Rhowch blentyn awtistig iddynt neu blentyn ag anghenion arbennig a gweld sut y byddant yn pleidleisio bryd hynny.' 'Mae Llafur Cymru yn llwyth o - rheg. Nid ydynt yn malio dim am awtistiaeth ac unigolion a theuluoedd y mae'n effeithio arnynt.' Dywedodd rhywun arall: 'Enwch a chodwch gywilydd ar y - rheg - dideimlad a bleidleisiodd yn erbyn y Bil hwn.' Ac roedd yna un arall a ddywedai, 'Efallai y dylai ASau a bleidleisiodd dros rwystro'r Bil hwn dreulio wythnos gyda theuluoedd sy'n gofalu am blant ac oedolion ag anhwylderau'r sbectrwm awtistig.' Nid yw'r Gymdeithas Awtistiaeth Genedlaethol wedi gwneud unrhyw ymdrech o gwbl i fynd i'r afael â'r anghysonderau - [ T orri ar draws.]