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Big business backs work transformation

Business leaders have backed a call for the UK’s Prime Minister to deliver on his promise to transform the workplace for disabled people. The business leaders have writen an open letter to Boris Johnson. They urge him to deliver an...

Fabricated illness guidance condemned

New guidance to medics on fabricated or induced illness (FII) risks widening the gulf between doctors and parents. That’s the view of Yvonne Newbold, who is a member of the Facebook group Parents Protecting Children UK (PPC UK). The new...

Expert slams N Ireland special education

A legal expert has slammed the educational provision for special needs children in Northern Ireland. Rachel Hogan, a special educational needs and disability expert at the Children’s Law Centre in Belfast, said the provision was “potentially educational negligence”. Hogan’s criticism focuses...

Do Not Resuscitate ‘scandal’

Using Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders on people with learning disabilities is a “national human rights scandal”. That’s the view of Beth Morrison, a Scottish disability campaigner. Charity Mencap has said it received reports last month of people with learning...

Campaign for care after parents die

A high-profile autism campaigner is demanding more money for social care so parents don’t have to worry about what happens to their children when they are no longer around. Anna Kennedy has started a petition urging the UK Government to...

Families ‘shut out’ from loved ones

Families report that some care companies are shutting them out when they try to see disabled loved ones in supported living or residential care. James O’Rourke was prevented from seeing learning disabled brother Tony during the lockdown last year. Former...

Parents need ‘key role’ for over-18s

Parents should be given a “key role” when their children become adults, says a charity. Ambitious about Autism says the rights of parents are “severely diminished” when their disabled children become adults. Parental rights to make decisions for a disabled...

Autism Eye shortlisted for award

Autism Eye Magazine has been shortlisted for a prestigious journalism award, highlighting the quality of its editorial and its continuing success. The title’s editor, Gillian Loughran, has been shortlisted by the British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) for the coveted...

Study gives thumbs-up to ABA therapy

Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) may lead to improvements in everyday life skills and intelligence, according to a new study. An international team of researchers based in the UK, US, Israel, Australia and Norway, compared the therapy for pre-school children with...

Virus forces carers to use food banks

Carers are turning to food banks as they struggle for work and support during the pandemic. Charity Carers UK says its research shows four out of five carers (81 per cent) have been providing more support to loved ones because...

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