{"id":578851,"date":"2026-08-01T12:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578851\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T12:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:59:18","slug":"cork-business-for-autism-diagnosis-to-launch-new-locations-across-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578851\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork business for autism diagnosis to launch new locations across Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New upgrade coming for their Cork office too<\/p>\n<p>16:56, 31 Jul 2026Updated 17:10, 31 Jul 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"(L to R) The AutismCare team - Co-Founder Jack Starling, Managing Director John Smyth, Co-Founder Danny Buckley, and Co-Founder Stephen Hoare\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0_1784454161030jpeg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"(L to R) The AutismCare team - Co-Founder Jack Starling, Managing Director John Smyth, Co-Founder Danny Buckley, and Co-Founder Stephen Hoare\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">(L to R) The AutismCare team &#8211; Co-Founder Jack Starling, Managing Director John Smyth, Co-Founder Danny Buckley, and Co-Founder Stephen Hoare<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A Cork business that aims to slash wait times for autism assessments has just unveiled plans for a major expansion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">AutismCare, which was started by Cork entrepreneurs in 2024, has seen major uptake since its launch and offers services for children and adults. The business was co-founded by Leeside businessman Danny Buckley with a simple goal: helping families bypass the lengthy waitlists &#8211; that sometimes take multiple years &#8211; for an autism assessment in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Danny has been diagnosed with ADHD, and previously opened up to Cork Beo about how he wanted to <a aria-label=\"use his own experience with the condition to help others.Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/news\/local-news\/too-good-true-cork-mens-28904605\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">use his own experience with the condition to help others.<\/a> He also launched another business, ADHD Now, to help &#8220;fast-track&#8221; diagnoses for that disorder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Now, the team at AutismCare have unveiled a new expansion to their Cork office, adding five additional assessment rooms and a large sensory room. Danny said the upgrade will allow them to carry out additional autism assessments, and increase services including speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychotherapy<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He also confirmed they are also working on opening new locations across the country, which will roll out over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Another AutismCare founder, Jack Starling, added: &#8220;After nearly a year of operating our clinic in Cork, AutismCare are thrilled to be investing further in the region to deliver additional capacity, services and supports for Cork and the surrounding areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">This news comes as Cork Autism Charity, The Rainbow Club, is currently <a aria-label=\"fundraising to prepare their &quot;forever home.&quot;Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/news\/local-news\/cork-autism-charity-fundraising-forever-34320468\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">fundraising to prepare their &#8220;forever home.&#8221;<\/a> The charity, which already supports 1,364 families weekly, had to make the <a aria-label=\"painful decision to stop accepting new families last yearLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/culture\/family-kids\/cork-autism-charity-turn-away-32372062\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">painful decision to stop accepting new families last year<\/a> due to a lack of space, funding, and resources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Their new facility in Mahon will allow them to continue providing essential care and expand their services to more families in need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The charity is calling for the public&#8217;s help and hopes to raise \u20ac100,000, which would go towards repairing and upgrading the building, replacing the ceilings, and installing automated doors to improve accessibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New upgrade coming for their Cork office too 16:56, 31 Jul 2026Updated 17:10, 31 Jul 2026 (L to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-578851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}