The National Autistic Society has criticised the government for its failure to reduce the number of autistic people placed in mental health units in England.
The society argued that the government had not met its promise to remove autistic people from hospitals, with NHS figures showing a 10 per cent rise in patients since 2015.
The National Autistic Society has said the majority of detentions are made under the Mental Health Act 1983.
This is despite autism not being a mental health disorder, an issue that the society's boss Felicity Stephenson called a "national scandal".
"As the law currently stands, you can actually be sectioned just for being autistic," she said.
"We are failing autistic people - this is a national scandal."
The government said it will invest £62 million to grow and develop community services and increase the number of autistic people being discharged from hospital.
Based in Norwich, AllCare Community Support specialise in supporting those with autism and those who present with challenging behaviour.
It has invested heavily in training in recent years to ensure staff are able to provide the best support possible, while even expanding to further spread the knowledge and experience staff have acquired.
"Our service, and our high standard of care, is informed and strengthened by our internal training programme," CEO Stacey Mitchell wrote in her recent contribution to The Parliamentary Review.
"We have employed a full-time trainer who studies instances of behaviour of concern and our response, debriefing with staff to review the incidents using a PBS approach. We are very vocal across our organisation and share everything, whether positive or negative.
"This internal training programme has seen such success that we are now expanding it to other services, sharing our best practice with other local organisations. We will also be putting on free training for our parents to support them and ensure our members are cared for in a uniform and consistent way."
The organisation also expressed frustration with the funding levels provided to bodies in the sector, with Mitchell explaining that the specialist nature of its provision meant costs were high.
"With a specialised service like the one we provide, which goes far beyond normal provisions, there must be attention paid to our particular strengths, something which is reflected in our price," she said.
"By embracing innovative techniques, we can provide a greater quality of life than other provisions, but currently the flat funding levels offered do not recognise this."
