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SEN cases spark call for urgen ...

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is calling for urgent change in education and children’s services. The call comes as the Ombudsman found fault in 91 per cent of all complaints about e ...

Wallace story ‘may fuel stig ...

Coverage of the sacking of former MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace could fuel stigma about autism. That’s the view of job coach Kerry Malster, who works with autistic adults. Gregg Wallace, pictur ...

Concern at sudden care facilit ...

Families have expressed concerns about their disabled loved ones’ homes and hospital facilities suddenly closing. One of the facilities is Ward 7A at Woodland View Hospital in Ayrshire, Scotland. ...

Training code aims to raise ca ...

New guidance has been launched to ensure the quality of training offered to healthcare staff in learning disabilities and autism meets acceptable standards. The Oliver McGowan code of practice aims to ...

Debt-struck carers struggle to ...

Carers are being driven into debt and left unable to meet vital extra costs, new research shows. The research, conducted by the charity Family Fund, suggests that carers struggle to afford essentials ...

Kids’ education rights ‘br ...

Children with disabilities in Northern Ireland are seeing their human rights breached by being denied education. That’s the view of Rachel Hogan, a specialist legal advisor at the Children’s L ...

Nearly a million kids in menta ...

Almost a million children in England have a referral to children and young people’s mental health services, new figures show. Figures released by the Children’s Commissioner for England show the n ...

Mum fights for law change over ...

The mother of a young autistic man murdered by a criminal cuckooing in his flat is fighting to change mental capacity law. Fiona Laskaris wants an amendment to the Mental Health Bill. She has submitte ...

Study links autism to brain co ...

Japanese researchers have linked autism with a reduced ability for the brain to remove unnecessary or weak synapse connections. Synapses are the junctions between nerve cells. Nerve signals pass acros ...

Mum wins compensation as disab ...

A local council has been told to pay compensation to the mother of a disabled child for twice failing to assess her needs as a carer. Southend council agreed to apologise to the mother for twice faili ...

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