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Rochdale admits to huge SEND backlog

Rochdale Council has admitted to a booming backlog of Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans to review. The Borough Council told the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman it had a backlog of nearly 1,500 EHC Plans to review. An...

Medic calls for profound autism category

The autism diagnosis should be split, with a ‘profound’ category introduced for those more severely affected. That’s the view of scientist Paul Whiteley, who argues the condition has a wide range of causes, presentations and trajectories. Whiteley runs Education and...

Benefit cuts ‘devastating’, says NAS

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 up “pushing more autistic people into poverty”. Liz Kendall, the...

Schools ‘force parents to quit work’

Parents of special needs children are being forced to quit work because of inadequate support from mainstream schools. The charity Ambitious about Autism says parents have had to give up work, use food banks and claim benefits when their child...

Mum sets hospital precedent for carers

A campaigning carer says the UK Government has set a precedent for allowing a mum to claim Carer’s Allowance while the person she was caring for was in hospital. Katy Styles, of the We Care Campaign, commented after the Department...

Scientists work on urine test for autism

Scientists are working on a urine test for autism. Experts from Arizona State University and ESPA Research in Sunderland are working together on the test. ESPA director Dr Paul Whiteley said the test would help to tackle the huge number...

Kids suffer toxic load of 32 metabolites

Researchers have found 32 toxic metabolites that are “significantly elevated” in children on the autism spectrum. The team said most autistic children have around seven toxic metabolites “at extremely elevated levels”. Professor James Adams, of Arizona State University, led the...

Call for recognition of carers’ union

A campaigner aiming to set up a new carers’ union has called on the UK Government to recognise it. Leo Cleary wants the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to recognise his fledgling National Unpaid Carers Union and Forum (NUCUF)....

‘Urgent action’ call for assessments

A charity has called for “urgent action” over waiting lists for assessments of neurodevelopmental conditions in Wales. Welsh neurodiversity charity AP Cymru says there is a “growing crisis” after it was revealed waiting lists could triple in the next two...

Law changes ‘will not end scandal’

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 the UK Government promises key reforms...

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