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Patient is ‘fed through a hatch’

Police should investigate claims an autistic man has no human contact and is being fed through a hatch. That’s the view of human rights campaigner Beth Morrison. The 24-year-old man is a patient at Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal, in Greater...

Hospitals ‘may have caused deaths’

People with learning disabilities and autism who died in mental health hospitals may still be alive had they been living in their own communities. That’s the view of campaigner Mark Neary. Sixty-two-year-old Neary made the comment after Sky News revealed...

Young disabled children to get vaccine

Disabled children in the UK aged five to 11 will soon be offered the coronavirus vaccine. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended the rollout, which will include children with autism. The latest rollout will also include...

Autistics vulnerable to acid reflux

Autistic adults are “significantly more” vulnerable to acid reflux, new research shows. Medics at the MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, carried out the research. They found autistic adults are also more vulnerable to throat and chest conditions linked to...

Boy’s death related to care failings

Care failings may have played a part in the death of a 13-year-old autistic boy. Failure to help family with care Sammy Alban-Stanley, from Kent, died after falling from a harbour wall on 22 April 2020. But at an inquest,...

Mum says treatment denied due to autism

The mother of a teenager fighting to protect his life-saving dialysis treatment says medics are using his autism against him. William Verden, 16, faces being told he cannot have the dialysis treatment he needs to keep him alive. Mum Ami...

Nine hospital support workers deny abuse

A group of former support workers have denied abusing people with autism and learning disabilities. The nine support workers were secretly filmed at Whorlton Hall, in County Durham, for a BBC Panorama documentary. Footage appeared to show them taunting and...

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Patient is ‘fed through a hatch’

Hospitals ‘may have caused deaths’

Young disabled children to get vaccine

Autistics vulnerable to acid reflux

Boy’s death related to care failings

Mum says treatment denied due to autism

Nine hospital support workers deny abuse

Families tell of teacher causing trauma

Research excludes learning difficulties

Long-term hospital segregation is rising

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