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Good news as blue badges avail ...

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 psyc ...

Families fight detention ‘sc ...

Families have launched a legal campaign to end the “national scandal” of people with autism and learning disabilities being detained under the Mental Health Act. The parents are concerned that t ...

Government gets tough on exclu ...

Schools will be made accountable for pupils they exclude and there will be a clampdown on informal exclusions, say education chiefs. The Government announced the measures after the publication of the ...

’Abject failure’ of hospit ...

Moves to cut the number of people with autism and learning disabilities in long-stay hospitals have ended in “abject failure”. That’s the view of Barbara Keeley, shadow minister for social care. ...

Families ‘horrified’ by ab ...

Families have been left “horrified” after a fine of only £4,000 was imposed on the charity owners of a home where adults with autism were abused. That’s the view of Barbara Keeley, the shadow m ...

Health plan ‘could transform ...

Hundreds of thousands of lives could be transformed by government plans to cut health inequalities for those with autism, says a charity. The National Autistic Society (NAS) says the government’s ne ...

Call for urgency in issuing bl ...

A charity has called for greater urgency in giving blue parking badges to families struggling with autism. The National Autistic Society (NAS) says for some families the “vital” parking badges can ...

Call for release of report int ...

A charity has called for a review of a controversial learning disability hospital where staff abused patients to be made public. The National Autistic Society (NAS) says it is in the public interest ...

Cyber security seeks those on ...

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) wants to employ more people with autism to help fight off online threats. Reports suggest the centre believes people with autism could make a key contr ...

Issue disabled badges now, cha ...

Blue disabled badges should be issued now to people with autism who need them, says a charity. The National Autistic Society (NAS) says councils should use their discretionary powers to give the disa ...

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