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Care worker sentenced for abuse

A care worker who was secretly recorded abusing a man with autism has been handed a suspended 12-month jail term. Raja Khan, 29, was filmed dragging Ollie Hopton out of bed, poking him repeatedly and throwing imitation punches at the...

Gene mutation find points to treatments

Scientists have discovered 49 new genetic mutations linked to developmental disorders. They looked at genetic data from more than 31,000 groups of parent-child trios. A trio comprises both parents, plus the child. The researchers found 307 significantly enriched or heavily...

Parents win more rights in over-18s care

Families of children with learning disabilities have won a partial victory in their fight to go on making decisions for them when they turn 18. High Court Judge Mr Justice Anthony Hayden overturned rules suggesting deputies should only be appointed...

Patient dies after faecal transplant

A patient has died after using an experimental treatment being trialled on people with autism. The US patient, who has not yet been identified, was given a faecal transplant. A second patient developed the same “invasive infection” following a transplant...

Good news as blue badges available again

New guidance to ensure people with hidden disabilities such as autism qualify for a blue badge is being rolled out to councils. People who cannot walk as part of a journey without “considerable psychological distress or the risk of serious...

Mum secretly films care worker abuse

The mother of a man with autism secretly recorded a care worker abusing him at a home. Caroline Hopton set up the hidden camera after becoming concerned about her son Ollie, 20. Ollie, who also has a severe learning disability,...

Mum wins case over shared taxi to school

The Local Government Ombudsman has upheld much of a mum’s complaint about the way her son was forced to share a lengthy journey to school. Christine Graham, from North Somerset, said her 16-year-old son was traumatised by being put in...

Mum fights to free son from hospital

The mother of a man with autism and ADHD is fighting to get her son out of a mental health hospital he shares with murderers and rapists. Tracey Gibbon’s son Kyle, 31, has been held at high-security hospital Carstairs, in...

GP condemns antipsychotics for children

A GP has raised concerns about the use of “major tranquillizers” for children with learning disabilities. Nicholas Sharvill says the use of antipsychotic drugs is at odds with what medics should do for adults with learning disabilities. He says “non-pharmacological...

Families wait for action on segregation

Families are waiting to hear if health secretary Matt Hancock will keep to his pledge that every person segregated on mental health wards will have an independent review. Hancock made the pledge after a critical report by watchdog the Care...

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