The children were due to start Oakwood School in Saintfield - but building work has not yet been finished.
Nineteen children with special educational needs in County Down face a "gut punch" due to a delay in starting school.In a statement, Ms Cubitt also criticised what she described as Education Minister Paul Givan's "misplaced and out of touch priorities".
The EA said this would facilitate the completion of a "bespoke learning environment to meet the specific needs of the children and young people within their school community". Her role is independent of government departments, however, and involves assessing the adequacy of services to autistic people.
The EA is establishing more than 1,450 new and additional places across both special schools and specialist provisions in mainstream schools. "Getting them into school in a timely manner is really important for these children, because school is so very new."In her statement, Ms Cubitt urged the education and health ministers "not to look away from the ongoing crisis facing autistic children and young people in Northern Ireland".
A spokeswoman for the EA said it remains "firmly committed to meeting the individual needs children and young people with special educational needs".
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