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Mencap joins Katie Price to fight abuse

Disability charity Mencap is supporting calls to strengthen laws against online abuse of people with disabilities. Mencap staff gave evidence before a hearing of Parliament’s Petitions Committee. The committee is looking at introducing tougher laws on abusers who target people with disabilities online. Model...

Call for end to worry of benefit change

A charity is calling on the UK government to review controversial assessments for a disability benefit. Disability charity Sense says assessments for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) overwhelm people with “anxiety and worry”. The charity supports those with autism and...

‘Breakthrough’ drug is fast-tracked

A Swiss drugs firm has been granted breakthrough therapy designation for an autism treatment. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) handed the designation to Roche for its potential new autism medication Balovaptan. The FDA grants the designation to speed...

‘Scandal’ of epilepsy drug for mums

Women given an epilepsy drug were victims of an “extraordinary scandal”, says an MP. Former care minister Norman Lamb says anti-epilepsy drug sodium valproate has done “incalculable damage” to women who took it while pregnant. There are claims of a...

Social difficulty traced to brain region

A key region of the brain may lie behind the social problems found in autism. That’s the finding of researchers based at healthcare firm Roche in Basel, Switzerland. They found that by increasing activity in a brain region known as the habenula it...

Potential breakthrough over Fragile X

Researchers have made a potential breakthrough in understanding how Fragile X syndrome affects the brain. Fragile X syndrome is the leading known cause of autism. Studies suggest that as many as one in every two people (50 per cent) who have Fragile X...

N Ireland pay hikes at top despite cuts

Senior figures in Northern Ireland’s Education Authority have benefited from bumper pay rises while concerns mount over funding for special needs education. The authority’s latest set of annual accounts show a huge increase for interim head of finance Shane McCurdy....

Bowel disease far more common in autism

Children with autism are much more likely to have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), new research suggests. Scientists found children with autism were 67 per cent more likely than typically developing peers to have the condition. IBD has two major forms. One of these...

Boost for fight to keep hospital open

A flurry of support is boosting an autism charity’s fight against the closure of a hospital for people with learning disabilities. Treating Autism says its petition to save Calderstones Hospital, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, is attracting huge support. The petition has more than 10,300 signatories (as of 19...

‘Disgrace’ of slashed benefits

Officials are making “disgraceful” decisions to slash the benefits of people with learning disabilities and mental health problems. That’s the view of Worcester Citizens Advice volunteer David Matthews. He says those with learning disabilities and mental health problems suffer when...

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