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Mum tells of battle over tribu ...

The mum of an eight-year-old autistic boy has told of her battle to change the law so families who win tribunals get compensation. The 45-year-old single mum said disabled children are the last group ...

Mum wins compensation over edu ...

A local authority has been told to pay compensation to a family for a delay in providing special needs education and support. The move sends a strong signal to other local authorities over meeting the ...

Fight for tribunal compensatio ...

Two families are fighting to change the law so children who win special educational needs and disability tribunals get compensation. Lawyer Steven Baylis represents two families fighting the ban on sp ...

‘Travesty’ of four-year di ...

Waits of up to four years for an autism diagnosis in Northern Ireland are a “complete travesty”. That’s the view of Kerry Boyd, chief executive of charity Autism NI. Kerry Boyd, chief of Autism ...

Long-stay hospitals ‘must cl ...

All long-stay mental health hospitals for people with learning disabilities and autism must close to avoid future abuse scandals. That’s the view of Sir Stephen Bubb, who wrote a landmark report on ...

Dismay at inaction over assess ...

A parent campaigner says he is “not at all hopeful” of seeing any change for autistic and learning disabled people in long-stay hospitals because discharges have been made “over-complicated”. ...

New insight into autism in gir ...

New research has deepened understanding of the way autism spectrum disorder (ASD) manifests in the brains of girls. It has prompted scientists to warn that conclusions drawn from studies conducted pr ...

Survey reveals plight of unpai ...

In a major survey of UK carers, the vast majority said they are not getting enough support from the social care system. The survey, from charity Carers Trust, claims only 12 per cent said they get eno ...

In Awareness Month, people ‘ ...

As nations across the globe mark ‘World Autism Awareness Month’, a UK charity says most people are “unaware” of the reality of life for people with severe autism living with chronic health con ...

Cutbacks in disabled care to b ...

Coronavirus regulations that strip away support for the disabled are set to be scrapped. A UK Government review found that those dependent on care had been anxious that their support could be withdraw ...

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