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Families fight virus clampdown

Two families of children with autism are challenging the UK government over its limit on outdoor exercise. Lawyers say the limit of one trip out a day is “unlawful and discriminatory” because it disproportionately affects adults and children with disabilities....

We can’t get food we need, say parents

Families of autistic children are struggling to get food from supermarkets amid the coronavirus pandemic. Parents say their children live on restricted diets and shops are being stripped bare of the foods they eat. Some supermarkets, including Tesco and Sainsbury’s,...

Councils ‘free to abandon disabled’

Councils will be free to abandon disabled people under the UK government’s coronavirus response. That’s the warning from disability charities over the new Coronavirus Act. No obligation over social care Disability Rights UK, a pan-disability charity, says councils will no...

Coronavirus may decimate services

Crucial services to families of special needs children and adults could be decimated by coronavirus. Day services could close indefinitely as part of the response to coronavirus. Swansea Council announced on Thursday (19 March) that it was closing all day...

Families left waiting for SEN statement

Delays in providing statements to special needs children in Northern Ireland have left families waiting more than a year. An internal audit report has heavily criticised the performance of Northern Ireland’s Education Authority (EA). The average wait in 2018-19 was 40...

Health checks are just ‘box-ticking’

Health checks for people with learning disabilities are often little more than box-ticking exercises. That’s the view of campaigner Helen Ashby, who wants a standardised check nationwide. Ashby, 47, from Stourbridge, in the West Midlands, took son David Sheriff, 31,...

NAS slammed for St Andrew’s promotion

Campaigners have attacked the National Autistic Society (NAS) for allowing under-fire mental healthcare group St Andrew’s to promote itself at one of the charity’s conferences. St Andrew’s set up an exhibition stall at the NAS Autism Professionals Conference last Thursday...

St Andrew’s kept in special measures

A controversial mental health unit remains in special measures after being rated “inadequate” for the second consecutive time. St Andrew’s Healthcare Adolescent Service, in Northampton, was given the rating after a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in December. The CQC...

School pupils ‘suffer broken bones’

Vulnerable disabled children have suffered broken bones after schools have restrained or secluded them. The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF) and Positive and Active Behaviour Support Scotland (PABSS) say young people are being harmed by the treatment. In a report, the...

Family fights for life-saving treatment

The family of a two-year old boy with a rare epileptic condition are taking legal action to fight for potentially life-saving medication for him. Charlie Hughes has been denied the medication because of a disagreement between his NHS Trust and the...

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