A human rights group must continue piling pressure on the UK government over autistic people in hospitals. That’s the view of campaigning parent Caroline Hopton. She is urging the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to keep fighting over detentions...

Staff at a mental health hospital dragged, slapped, kicked and shoved patients with autism and learning disabilities. The shocking details emerged following an inspection of private hospital Cygnet Yew Trees, in Frinton-on-Sea, Essex. An inspection report by the Care Quality...

A drug that held out as a promising autism treatment is no better for social skills than a sugar pill. That’s the conclusion of new research on bumetanide, a diuretic used for water retention. A team of Dutch researchers at...

Researchers are weighing up the impact of lockdown on people with autism. Families saw respite stripped back and education services cut during the coronavirus pandemic. Francesca Happé, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at King's College London, is leading the research....

Emergency powers allowing councils to downgrade disability rights will end on 25 September. The UK Government introduced the powers during the coronavirus pandemic.  Under the Coronavirus Act, councils only had to show they had made ‘reasonable endeavours’ to provide education....

A leading carers’ charity says “a lot” of carers do not want a wage. The controversial claim was made by Emily Holzhausen, director of policy for Carers UK. Despite promoting itself as a “champion” of carers’ rights, the charity does...

The father of an autistic man at the centre of hospital abuse allegations wants a full public inquiry. Glynn Brown hopes an inquiry will help spare others the trauma son Aaron, 24, suffered at Muckamore Abbey Hospital, in Antrim, Northern...

Moves by the NHS to make its own cannabis oil will delay vital treatment for children who need it. That’s the view of Professor Mike Barnes, who chairs the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society. Families of children with drug-resistant epilepsy say...

Children in the UK with autism will soon benefit from ground-breaking studies carried out by a new research centre. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has launched the research centre within Colchester Hospital. The NHS facility is...

The abuse people with autism face by not wearing masks in public places has lead families to campaign to overturn the law on the need to wear them.   Jen, 44, from Birmingham, who does not want to reveal her...