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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...

Lockdown rules clarified for autism

People with disabilities, including autism, can travel beyond their local area for exercise during lockdown, the UK Government has clarified. And, just as in previous lockdowns, disabled people can go out more than once a day for exercise. Jane Harris...

Schools stay open for special needs

Special needs pupils can still attend school during the new lockdown in England. Most pupils will learn online following the announcement that the country must lockdown again. But, as previously, vulnerable or special needs pupils with an education, health and...

New virus rules are ‘discrimination’

Last-minute changes to coronavirus restrictions are a form of disability discrimination. That‘s the view of Steve Broach, a barrister specialising in disability and children’s rights. With a large part of the country now in Tier 4 restrictions, disabled people continue...

Praise for Scots teacher-training plan

Work to improve autism awareness among trainee teachers in Scotland will be “life-changing”. That’s the view of Nick Ward, director of the National Autistic Society (NAS) in Scotland. The Scottish Government announced the move in a newly published action plan....

Call for tight rules on school seclusion

Seclusion and restraint must be better regulated in schools. That’s the view of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), in Northern Ireland. BASW policy officer Andy McClengahan has made the case for better regulation to the Northern Ireland Assembly’s...

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