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Charities fight to defend legal rights

Charities are fighting to defend legal protections for disabled people who need ongoing care. People who need ongoing care that they cannot consent to, and are not free to leave, would include some with autism and learning disabilities. Deprivation of...

Learning disabled have twice death rate

Adults with learning disabilities are almost twice as likely to die from preventable or avoidable illnesses, new research shows. The findings show that 39 per cent of adults with learning disabilities die from preventable deaths. In comparison, the figure for...

Parents refuse school over safety fears

Families of autistic children are refusing to send them to school over safety concerns. Two families in West Sussex have told the local authority that the school environment is unsafe for their children. Charlotte Gover says her autistic daughter Emily,...

Boy with chest pains sent home and dies

A 14-year-old autistic boy who went to hospital complaining of chest pains died a few hours later after medics sent him home. Robert Green left Arrowe Park Hospital, on the Wirral, Merseyside, after his family said the medics told him...

Scientists identify four autism subtypes

Scientists have identified four different subtypes of autism. Researchers at Princeton University and the Simons Foundation believe that a step forward in understanding autism’s genetic underpinnings could lead to better personalised care. The scientists used data from more than 5,000...

Carers suffer for government failures

Unpaid carers are bearing the brunt of successive governments’ failures to fix the broken social care system, say MPs. The Health and Social Care Select Committee says unpaid carers are providing work worth £184 billion – the equivalent of a...

Fears mount EHCPs will be scrapped

Fears are mounting that the UK Government could scrap education, health and care plans (EHCPs). Ministers are refusing to rule out scrapping the documents that offer legal protections to personalised support for children with disabilities. BBC journalist Laura Kuenssberg asked...

SEN cases spark call for urgent change

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is calling for urgent change in education and children’s services. The call comes as the Ombudsman found fault in 91 per cent of all complaints about education and children’s services. A staggering 94...

Wallace story ‘may fuel stigma’

Coverage of the sacking of former MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace could fuel stigma about autism. That’s the view of job coach Kerry Malster, who works with autistic adults. An inquiry by a law firm into misconduct allegations against Wallace upheld...

Concern at sudden care facility closures

Families have expressed concerns about their disabled loved ones’ homes and hospital facilities suddenly closing. One of the facilities is Ward 7A at Woodland View Hospital in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is due to close on July 14. Families received only...

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