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Long-stay hospital ‘understaffed’

Four out of six mental health wards at a hospital trust that houses people with autism and learning disabilities were understaffed, inspectors found. The inspection of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust found it “requires improvement overall”. Watchdog the Care Quality...

Give disabled Covid jab, judges rule

Judges have ruled that disabled adults who cannot make decisions for themselves should be vaccinated against coronavirus (Covid-19). The Court of Protection intervened in a case last May. It involved a dispute between parents over whether their disabled son should...

Study finds causes of premature death

Multiple health problems and overmedication underlie premature deaths in people with learning disabilities and epilepsy, say researchers. And the findings suggest there is no coherent approach to treatment and risk. Epilepsy affects one in four Up to 25 per cent...

We pay a fortune to harm people, says MP

Hundreds of millions are spent on services that harm people with autism and learning disabilities. That’s the view of Sir Robert Buckland, Member of Parliament for South Swindon and an autism father. Buckland’s adult daughter is autistic. He told the...

Children suffer ‘systemic failings’

Children with special needs in Northern Ireland are being sold short by “systemic failings” within the province’s Education Authority (EA). That’s the view of Rachel Hogan, a legal adviser at Belfast-based charity the Children’s Law Centre. Hogan’s comments come after...

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,...

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