By Garry Owen
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Rory does not just have his family’s support, but political support locally too.
The chair of Ceredigion council said she was “very concerned” about the decision taken by her own authority and said she was supporting the family.
“In Lampeter, the schools locally all come here to the secondary school, and there is a lot of cross border co-operation between the two counties,” said Ms Ann Bowen Morgan.
“We can’t understand what’s going on here.”
Ms Bowen Morgan, who lives locally in Lampeter and represents the town, said she would continue to ask questions to the council and its cabinet.
The local MP Ann Davies, who represents Caerfyrddin in Westminster, has said both authorities should get together and agree on the best way ahead for Rory.
“This is a problem we are seeing across Wales is that there are a lack of services, especially in rural areas,” said Leandra Crain from Disability Wales, the national association of disabled people’s organisations in Wales.
“Local authorities have a large area of land but services aren’t spread across them equally so some people will have to travel quite a distance to be able to access services.”
The Welsh government said local authorities had a “legal duty” to meet “eligible care and support needs” and urged councils to work together when people move across boundaries to avoid “unnecessary disruption”.
Carmarthenshire council said its community learning disability team had met Rory and his family to review his needs.
“Our team are currently exploring options based on the information gathered during Rory’s review to commission a suitable alternative provision that meets Rory’s needs,” the council said in a statement.
Ceredigion council said it was a “difficult decision” but that it could no longer offer Rory a place at the day centre because of “restrictions on our resources for specialist services”.
“We have to concentrate on ensuring that those who are resident in Ceredigion have the services they require,” Ceredigion council added.
“We therefore have to bring placements commissioned by other local authorities to an end.”
