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NHS watchdog calls for care near home

Care for people with learning disabilities should be close to home, says the NHS watchdog. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says there should be support for children and adults with autism and learning disabilities to live...

Test for wristband to predict aggression

A charity wants to build the world’s first assessment centre that uses an aggression-predicting wristband for people with autism. Autism Together will start trials of the technology this spring. The trials will take place at the charity’s Raby Hall care home on...

Connor death: NHS Trust fined £2m

The NHS Trust held responsible for the death of autistic teen Connor Sparrowhawk has been fined £2 million. The 18-year-old drowned in a bath in 2013 after having an epileptic fit. He was under the care of the NHS at...

Ombudsman slams mental health care

The NHS is badly letting down vulnerable patients with mental health problems. That’s the view of health service ombudsman Rob Behrens. Behrens says the NHS’s shortcomings mean families endure “needless suffering and distress”. Lack of capacity, skills and training The...

Radical N Ireland school plans blasted

Plans to close and merge special schools in Northern Ireland will leave services for pupils “diluted and compromised”. That’s the view of retired head teacher Colm Davis. Plans involve seven schools Northern Ireland’s Education Authority is plotting a major reorganisation of...

Regression linked to autoimmune issues

Mounting evidence points to a ‘strong’ link between regression in children with autism and autoimmune problems, says a charity. Biomedical research charity Treating Autism says scientific literature ‘abounds’ with cases of regression following ‘viral’ encephalitis, or a swollen brain, and...

Tinted-lens optician is struck off

An optician who gave patients tinted lenses as an autism treatment has been struck off. The move follows a watchdog ruling that he “acted outside the scope of his practice”. Ian Jordan cannot work as an optician in the UK after the...

Parents bullied by fabricated illness

Allegations of fabricated or induced illness (FII) against parents are on the increase from councils trying to avoid paying for special needs services. That’s the claim from the Facebook support group Fiightback. Concerned parents set the group up at the end...

Mum challenges Surrey’s £20m cuts

The mother of a boy with autism is fighting to stop plans for more than £20m in cuts to special needs services in Surrey. Alicia McColl, whose 14-year-old son Kian Hollow has autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), has crowdfunded...

Parents want rights in over-18s welfare

Campaigners are fighting to change the law to stop the marginalisation of parents after their children with disabilities turn 18. Parents Caroline Hopton, Rosa Monckton and Simon Mottram want to end rules under the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) that can...

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