22 June 2012 Last updated at 05:02 ET

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Lisa Phillips from Pembrokeshire set up a support group on Facebook for parents waiting years for their child to be diagnosed

Some parents in Wales are having to wait longer than seven years to have their children diagnosed with autism, BBC Wales has learned.

A leading charity says almost half wait more than three years for diagnosis, compared to one-third in England.

The Welsh government says work is under way to improve the diagnosis of children and adults.

It commissioned a report which found a "lack of consistency of services (postcode lottery)".

If Pembrokeshire is world-leading then I dread to think what the rest of the world must be like, because we are floundering

The report, commissioned 18 months ago, sought the views of clinicians.

It also found a lack of understanding by senior management of the time and resources needed for diagnosis and "a lack of ring-fenced resources for ASD (autism spectrum disorder), lack of commissioning and waiting lists".

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