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Lamb distressed at face-down restraint

People with autism on mental health wards in England are still being subjected to face-down restraint. The revelation has come two years after a former Government minister announced measures to end the controversial practice. Newly released figures show that almost one in...

Residential placements shut out families

A new report reveals the significant barriers families can encounter in trying to keep in touch with children who are in residential placements. The issue affects thousands of children and young people with a learning disability who live in specialist...

Study finds link to ultrasound scans

Ultrasound scans undertaken in the first trimester of pregnancy are being linked to the development of autism in children who already possess a genetic link to the condition. Scientists from the University of Washington and the Seattle Children’s Research Institute...

Autism traits ‘increase with age’

Researchers at Goldsmiths, University of London have found an apparent increase in the severity of some autism traits as adults with autism get older. The study focused on adults who had recently been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. As well as...

ASD risk rises for younger siblings

Younger siblings have a significantly higher than normal chance of being diagnosed with autism if their older brother or sister has the condition, according to new research. In a study involving more than 53,000 cases, US-based healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente...

Autism link to different reasoning style

New findings by researchers at the University of Bath suggest that people with autism have a different way of reasoning than those not on the autism spectrum. Academics at the university’s new Centre for Applied Autism Research (CAAR) have announced findings...

Social workers ‘beg’ for respite

The lack of autism-specific respite care for families has reached crisis point, according to an autism charity in the North West of England. Autism Together, which employs more than 1,000 people and supports more than 400 individuals with autism, said the...

Autism in Ireland reaches one in 65

The first major report into the education of students with autism in Ireland in almost 14 years has found that one in every 65 children has been diagnosed with the condition. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) found an increase...

Call to educate young to stop hate crime

Mencap, the learning disability charity, is calling for children to be made more aware of disabilities from a young age in order to tackle a surge in convictions for hate crime. The call comes as the UK has learned that...

UK and Irish charities face care probes

Concerns have been raised about the care of people in residential provision run by leading autism charities, The UK’s National Autistic Society and the Irish Society for Autism. Just days after police confirmed they were investigating The National Autistic Society...

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