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Disability charities sit on £20m

Two of the UK’s biggest disability charities are sitting on rainy day funds worth around £20m. Mencap holds reserves of £9m, while the rainy day fund held by the National Autistic Society (NAS) now totals £10.9m. Questions in Ireland The...

Parents in legal fight over assessments

A group of parent campaigners has started legal action to fight a decision to offer autism assessments only to at-risk children. Assess for Autism has crowdfunded its legal challenge to the move by the Integrated Care Board (ICB) of Bristol,...

Charity halts heavy cuts in Devon

Plans for heavy cuts to services for disabled adults in Devon have been put on hold after a charity threatened legal action. Devon County Council wanted to shut down most of its disability day and respite services and close three...

Alarm at council services shake-up

A London borough looks set to go ahead with plans to overhaul services for vulnerable adults – despite admitting it could cause them significant harm. Wandsworth Council has already made advances in its ‘Procurement Framework’. Local charities and families fear...

Study heralds personalised approaches

Three separate autism subgroups have distinct metabolic patterns, new research shows. The groups included the best-behaved children, the most challenging, and others with problem behaviours and co-occurring conditions that showed the highest IQs. Assistant Professor Rachel Kelly, of Brigham and...

Researchers probe links to heart disease

Researchers are to probe connections between heart disease in children and neurodevelopmental disorders. The researchers say the results could provide evidence to back early intervention for autism in children with heart disease. Congenital heart disease (CHD) starts in the womb...

South-West restricts autism assessments

Autism assessments are being denied to all but the most at-risk children in the south-west of England. That’s the view of the parent campaign group Assess for Autism. The group says the integrated care board (ICB) of Bristol, North Somerset...

Mum champions medical cannabis

The mother of a teenager with epilepsy who says medical cannabis saved his life is fighting to ensure other children also benefit. Charlotte Caldwell says medical cannabis has transformed the life of her 17-year-old son, Billy. Before the treatment began,...

Hunt‘s budget ‘ignored carers’

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget ignored carers, say campaigners. Charity Carers UK says it was “disappointed” that carers did not get any “targeted” help from Hunt. Among other measures, the chancellor focused his efforts on getting the parents of young children...

Suffolk Council slammed for failures

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has slammed Suffolk County Council for multiple failures in providing alternative education for children out of school. Ombudsman Michael King said the council must make changes “as a priority”. The warning follows the Ombudsman’s...

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