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Training code aims to raise care skills

New guidance has been launched to ensure the quality of training offered to healthcare staff in learning disabilities and autism meets acceptable standards. The Oliver McGowan code of practice aims to ensure that staff have the right skills to provide...

Debt-struck carers struggle to buy food

Carers are being driven into debt and left unable to meet vital extra costs, new research shows. The research, conducted by the charity Family Fund, suggests that carers struggle to afford essentials such as food and heating. And benefits are...

Kids’ education rights ‘breached’

Children with disabilities in Northern Ireland are seeing their human rights breached by being denied education. That's the view of Rachel Hogan, a specialist legal advisor at the Children’s Law Centre (CLC) in Belfast. Hogan's comments came after a BBC...

Nearly a million kids in mental crisis

Almost a million children in England have a referral to children and young people’s mental health services, new figures show. Figures released by the Children’s Commissioner for England show the numbers increased by 10,000 from the end of March 2024...

Mum fights for law change over dead son

The mother of a young autistic man murdered by a criminal cuckooing in his flat is fighting to change mental capacity law. Fiona Laskaris wants an amendment to the Mental Health Bill. She has submitted evidence to the UK Parliament....

Study links autism to brain connections

Japanese researchers have linked autism with a reduced ability for the brain to remove unnecessary or weak synapse connections. Synapses are the junctions between nerve cells. Nerve signals pass across them. Normally, the brain undergoes synaptic pruning. This process removes...

Mum wins compensation as disabled carer

A local council has been told to pay compensation to the mother of a disabled child for twice failing to assess her needs as a carer. Southend council agreed to apologise to the mother for twice failing to assess her...

Supplements can help the gut, says study

Supplements targeting the gut offer a promising “adjunct therapy” for neurodevelopmental disorders, new research suggests. The Iranian researchers say the supplements affect “gastrointestinal and behavioural symptoms”. Dr Amir Hossein Memari, of Tehran University, led the study. His team conducted a...

Families crowdfund to fight health cuts

Parents and carers say they are fighting “unlawful” cuts to NHS continuing healthcare budgets that will leave children with disabilities “at risk”. The families say the cuts will lead to “harrowing and costly hospital readmissions”. They have come together to...

£70m boost to mental health services

The NHS has launched a £70 million scheme targeted at helping autistic and learning-disabled children and adults access mental health services more quickly. The initiative is the Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism: Assessment and Diagnosis, NHS Talking Therapies and...

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