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Benefit cuts ‘devastating’ ...

An autism charity says benefit cuts planned by the UK Government are “shameful” and “devastating”. Tim Nicholls, policy director of the National Autistic Society (NAS), said the cuts would end ...

Law changes ‘will not end sc ...

Changes in the law alone will not end the “human rights scandal” of autistic people being held in mental health hospitals for years. That is the warning from the National Autistic Society (NAS) as ...

Outrage after cops drag woman ...

A charity has called on a police watchdog to “look closely” at an incident where officers dragged an autistic woman out of a shop. The National Autistic Society (NAS) made the call after the offic ...

Warning over school education

A charity’s policy chief has sounded a warning over the treatment of autistic children in schools. Tim Nicholls is assistant policy director for the National Autistic Society (NAS). Tim Nicholls has ...

Police reinvigorate alert card ...

Police say they are refocusing their efforts on better managing the autistic people their officers encounter. The autism alert cards the Met Police hope will help them better manage the autistic peopl ...

Unbearable suffering ends in e ...

Autistic people and those with a learning disability under the age of 30 have been choosing euthanasia in the Netherlands, it’s emerged. Researchers based in the Netherlands and the UK looked at the ...

Bill aims to stop hospital for ...

Autism and learning disabilities must no longer be used as conditions that justify placing people in long-term hospitals. That’s the aim of the new draft Mental Health Bill. And MPs have been weighi ...

Challenge to end of Covid rest ...

A disabled law student is fighting the end of Covid restrictions because she says it puts the most vulnerable at risk. Fleur Perry has crowdfunded to pay lawyers Rook Irwin Sweeney to bring a court ch ...

Charities clash over stance on ...

The UK’s biggest autism charity has been criticised for saying the condition should not be “lessened”. The National Autistic Society (NAS) made the comment in response to research on a parent-co ...

Supermarkets must do better in ...

Supermarkets must do more to ensure people with learning disabilities and autism get food during the new lockdown. That’s the view of Tim Nicholls, who is policy head at the National Autistic Societ ...

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