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Extra help for young and checks on tots

The UK Government has announced an additional £5 million to help young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) make the transition from school into work. It has also pledged an additional £2 million to unite health and education...

Study points to plastic container link

In the same week that scientists have said autism is largely genetic, another study has linked the condition to a chemical found in plastic food and drink containers. It means that the potential influence of non-genetic factors in causing autism...

Scots take seclusion fight to parliament

Parents in Scotland have been invited to meet Government ministers to discuss new laws to regulate the seclusion and restraint of children in schools at the same time as police investigate their concerns. Following the launch of a parent-led petition...

High Court slams ‘deficient’ council

The UK’s High Court has handed down judgment in the first Judicial Review to consider local authorities’ duties to disabled children following the reforms brought in under the new Children and Families Act on 1 September 2014. The claimants, two...

Parents winning education battles

There has been a dramatic increase in parents of children with autism battling for the right education for their child. And the majority are winning their cases. A report by the UK’s Ministry of Justice about the activity of the...

Call for radical change in care

A damning report calling for radical change in care homes reinforces the views of campaigning parents. The parents have been battling to stop authorities placing children with learning disabilities into care or hospital treatment centres. Sometimes authorities place the children many miles from home....

Social skills raised by imaginative play

Children with autism show significant improvements in social skills when they are given the opportunity to access imaginative play alongside typically developing peers, according to a new study. A team of researchers at San Francisco State University measured the benefits...

Police charge care workers with abuse

Care workers have been charged by the police with abuse in a home that housed people with autism, where it is reported a 'chill-out room' was used to lock in residents overnight. Seven people have now been charged over the...

Huge increase in diagnosis in N Ireland

There has been a staggering 67 per cent increase in the number of school-age children in Northern Ireland with a diagnosis of autism, with the rate for girls increasing at a higher level than for boys. A new study by the Department of...

Whisteblower fuels MMR vaccine questions

Controversy over the MMR vaccine’s link to the development of autism has been reignited with a senior scientist, charged with investigating the link, claiming that critical findings were left out of a report. William W Thompson, a senior scientist with...

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