English: Since raising the lack of support for neurodivergent children, I've had many people get in touch who've been affected. People are growing increasingly frustrated with the system. The picture that is painted by people trying to access support for ADHD, autism and similar issues is, frankly, a grim one. The only conclusion we can draw is that people, and children in particular, are being failed on an industrial scale. I want to raise points with you today that have been made to me by an additional learning needs co-ordinator. She says her job has now become, and I quote, 'unmanageable' due to the bureaucracy involved in trying to get support for children. One referral takes half a day on the new portal system, which was designed with the aim of making things easier. It has achieved the exact opposite. Children who meet criteria for placements are told that they have to wait two terms for those plans to be in place. This means that children are spending more time in an environment that traumatises them due to the over-sensory, overcrowded nature of mainstream classes. There is no support for children on the spectrum in Rhondda Cynon Taf until reception year, meaning that there's no alternative to mainstream education. Justifiably, this has been described to me as unacceptable and cruel. I intend to take up many of these issues directly with the Labour-run council in Rhondda Cynon Taf, but I would like a clear statement from this Government to those people who are struggling to access support for their kids. People need to know what their rights are. They need to know what you as a Government consider to be acceptable or unacceptable from public bodies. Many parents and teachers are at the end of their tether and they are desperately asking for help. They are telling us the system is an unsustainable mess. Children are being badly let down. I hope you'll agree that they deserve swift action.
Welsh: Ers codi'r diffyg cefnogaeth i blant niwroamrywiol, mae llawer o bobl yr effeithiwyd arnynt wedi cysylltu â mi. Mae pobl yn mynd yn fwyfwy rhwystredig gyda'r system. Mae'r darlun sy'n cael ei greu gan y bobl sy'n ceisio cael cymorth ar gyfer ADHD, awtistiaeth a materion tebyg yn un annymunol, a dweud y gwir. Yr unig gasgliad y gallwn ni ddod iddo yw bod pobl, a phlant yn arbennig, yn cael eu siomi ar raddfa enfawr. Hoffwn i godi pwyntiau gyda chi heddiw y mae cydlynydd anghenion dysgu ychwanegol wedi'u gwneud gyda mi. Mae'n dweud bod ei swydd bellach wedi dod, ac rwy'n dyfynnu, yn 'amhosibl ei rheoli' oherwydd y fiwrocratiaeth sy'n gysylltiedig â cheisio cael cymorth i blant. Mae un atgyfeiriad yn cymryd hanner diwrnod ar y system borthol newydd, a gafodd ei chynllunio i wneud pethau'n haws. Mae wedi cyflawni'r gwrthwyneb yn llwyr. Mae plant sy'n bodloni'r meini prawf ar gyfer lleoliadau yn cael gwybod bod angen iddyn nhw aros dau dymor i'r cynlluniau hynny fod yn eu lle. Mae hyn yn golygu bod plant yn treulio mwy o amser mewn amgylchedd sy'n achosi trawma iddyn nhw oherwydd natur or-synhwyraidd a gorlawn dosbarthiadau prif ffrwd. Nid oes cymorth i blant ar y sbectrwm yn Rhondda Cynon Taf tan flwyddyn y dosbarth derbyn, sy'n golygu nad oes dewis arall heblaw addysg prif ffrwd. Cafodd hyn ei ddisgrifio i mi, yn haeddiannol, fel rhywbeth annerbyniol a chreulon. Rwy'n bwriadu mynd i'r afael â llawer o'r materion hyn yn uniongyrchol gyda'r cyngor sy'n cael ei reoli gan Lafur yn Rhondda Cynon Taf, ond hoffwn i gael datganiad clir gan y Llywodraeth hon i'r bobl hynny sy'n ei chael yn anodd cael cymorth i'w plant. Mae angen i bobl wybod beth yw eu hawliau. Mae angen iddyn nhw wybod yr hyn yr ydych chi fel Llywodraeth yn ei ystyried yn dderbyniol neu'n annerbyniol gan gyrff cyhoeddus. Mae llawer o rieni ac athrawon wedi cyrraedd pen eu tennyn ac maen nhw'n gofyn yn daer am gymorth. Maen nhw'n dweud wrthym ni fod y system yn llanastr anghynaladwy. Mae plant yn cael eu siomi'n arw. Rwy'n gobeithio y byddwch chi'n cytuno eu bod nhw'n haeddu gweithredu cyflym.