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Fears as government sidelines epilepsy

Epilepsy campaigners have criticised the UK Government for excluding the condition from its new strategy on tackling major health problems. Epilepsy is one of the most common co-occurring health conditions among people with autism and learning disabilities. Charity Epilepsy Action...

Mum slams plans for reform of restraint

A campaigner has criticised plans to reform the rules on restraining and secluding pupils in Northern Ireland’s schools. Deirdre Shakespeare has led the fight for tougher rules on restraint and seclusion in the province by campaigning for ‘Harry’s Law’. Shakespeare,...

Govt ‘snubbing’ UN over disability

Campaigners have accused the UK Government of snubbing disabled people by refusing to attend a meeting to defend its record on disability rights. The Government was due to attend a meeting in August at the United Nations. The meeting aimed...

Government ‘not protecting disabled’

The UK human rights watchdog has accused the UK Government of failing to protect disabled people. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned of the consequences of continuing inaction by the Government in addressing problems that disabled people...

Mum fights for mainstream school support

A mum is fighting for better support for special needs children in mainstream schools after she alleges her son’s school said her five-year-old could attend for just two hours per day. Harrie Kaye, from Cambridge, claims she was “forced” to...

Many autistic teens develop bad health

Autistic teens suffer from more health problems in adulthood, new research shows. Neurology professor Dr Beth Ann Malow, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, led the research. Her team found that autistic adults have increased rates of nearly all medical...

Heath trust under scrutiny again

The UK human rights watchdog has written to a health trust after people with autism and learning disabilities suffered abuse at one of its hospitals. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has contacted the Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust...

Families push for supported living homes

Families around the UK are urging councils to build more supported living homes. The moves come after husband-and-wife team Sally and Peter Lawrence persuaded Surrey County Council to build Linden Farm for their son, Simon. 10-bed property The couple spent...

One in four autistic doctors try suicide

One in four autistic doctors has attempted suicide, a new study shows. As well as finding that 24 per cent of autistic doctors have attempted suicide, the research found that more than three in four (77 per cent) have considered...

Unbearable suffering ends in euthanasia

Autistic people and those with a learning disability under the age of 30 have been choosing euthanasia in the Netherlands, it’s emerged. Researchers based in the Netherlands and the UK looked at the records of 927 people who have ended...

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