Shropshire County Council is facing serious financial pressure in funding adult social care, reports the BBC.
It is forecasting an overspend of £638,000 in its budget for looking after people with learning difficulties in the current financial year.
Director of resources, Laura Rowley, said a review was under way and some vacancies were not being filled to help reduce costs.
She said as carers got older they needed more help to cope.
Financial pressure is set to increase further to meet demands for improving care for autistic people and those suffering Asperger's Syndrome, she said.
Barry Brown, whose son Stephen has Asperger's, said the current situation was unacceptable.
"When we got the diagnosis he had got Asperger's Syndrome that was the good news, because previous to that we had nowhere to turn," said Mr Brown.
"Then they said there's no services for Asperger's either in Telford or Shropshire and that's still the situation."
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