Former Perth Wildcats coach Scott Morrison has revealed the reason behind his shock resignation after one season in the job, was due to the lack of help with his two-year-old sons diagnosis of Autism.

As the Morrison family are not Australian citizens and therefore, not covered by medicare, a hefty $10,000 fee was paid in order to receive an MRI to rule out a brain tumour. Further, they were told it would be a 12 month wait to see pediatricians and psychologists in order to receive the Autism diagnosis.

The inability to access help in WA drove his decision to resign and return to Canada, where his son received a diagnosis within four weeks.

“I am hearing it over and over that parents here in Western Australia are waiting for so long. Just to even get on a wait list has become so difficult, ” Dr Candy Smith, from Curtin University’s School of Education told Oliver Peterson on Perth Live.

“Here in Western Australia we do have some specific serious problems that we need to deal with. We need more professionals available, we need a streamlined system and we need more education for our teachers on Autism.”

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