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Ex-judge blasts safeguarding o ...

A retired judge says the growing use of deprivation of liberty (DoL) safeguarding orders is symptomatic of a “catastrophic failure“ to provide suitable care for children with complex needs. Sir Ja ...

Mum slams adult mental care fo ...

The mother of a teenage boy who took his own life after a spell in adult psychiatric care said no young person should experience these settings. Dr Jane Macdonnell said autistic son Harris, 19, was af ...

Welcome for benefit overpaymen ...

Plans to text and email carers at risk of benefit overpayments have been welcomed by a charity. Carers UK said it was reacting “positively“ to the move by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP ...

Hospital closure a ‘shambles ...

A parent campaigner says the delayed closure of scandal-hit Muckamore Abbey Hospital in Northern Ireland is a “shambles”. Glynn Brown says the closure of the facility, in County Antrim, is little ...

Sent to hospital for lack of r ...

A lack of suitable accommodation within the community is a key reason why autistic people and people with a learning disability have been unnecessarily detained in hospitals, according to a newly rele ...

Research points to cell dysfun ...

Evidence for mitochondrial or cell dysfunction in autism is growing, according to new research. The researchers suggest a subset of children on the autism spectrum show biomarkers for mitochondrial pr ...

‘National scandal’ of SEN ...

There is a ‘national scandal’ of local authorities not meeting the needs of children with special educational needs (SEN). That’s the view of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, Amer ...

SEN children excluded at six f ...

Children with special needs are especially at risk of exclusion from primary school and then failing in secondary school, new research shows. The study found that more than 90 per cent of children exc ...

Family defeats £2,000 benefit ...

The family of an autistic man have won a High Court case against a council that wanted to deduct more than £2,000 a year from his benefits. Michael Sherratt, 27, is an autistic man with learning diff ...

Buckland slams prosecution of ...

The UK Government’s chief autism advocate has condemned the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for prosecuting carers who unintentionally breach the earnings limit for their benefit. Sir Robert ...

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