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Warning to councils to provide transport

The UK’s Ombudsman has highlighted councils’ duty to provide free, suitable transport to school or college for disabled children and adults. It follows the case of a mother from Stockton-on-Tees. She had to take her young adult son to and...

More families to sue over birth trauma

Growing numbers of families will take legal action over autism linked to their children’s traumatic birth, says a lawyer. Irish solicitor Michael Boylan made the prediction after securing multi-million Euro settlements for several families. Up to €38m won Boylan argues...

Faecal transplants ‘safe, effective’

Faecal transplants are safe and effective for treating autistic adults with gut problems, according to new tests. US researcher Professor James Adams reached the conclusion the transplants were safe after trialling them on 51 adults. Arizona State University (ASU) researcher...

Carers have little hope of more support

Carers are being left with little hope of more support for their work at home or in the workplace. That’s the view of Baroness Andrews, who is the former chair of the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee. Last...

Treatment targets repetitive behaviours

A new brain treatment that uses electrical currents can help with repetitive behaviours in autism and improve social skills, research claims. Hong Kong-based researchers led by occupational therapist Dr Yvonne Han trialled prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) treatment on...

Disability charities sit on £20m

Two of the UK’s biggest disability charities are sitting on rainy day funds worth around £20m. Mencap holds reserves of £9m, while the rainy day fund held by the National Autistic Society (NAS) now totals £10.9m. Questions in Ireland The...

Parents in legal fight over assessments

A group of parent campaigners has started legal action to fight a decision to offer autism assessments only to at-risk children. Assess for Autism has crowdfunded its legal challenge to the move by the Integrated Care Board (ICB) of Bristol,...

Charity halts heavy cuts in Devon

Plans for heavy cuts to services for disabled adults in Devon have been put on hold after a charity threatened legal action. Devon County Council wanted to shut down most of its disability day and respite services and close three...

Alarm at council services shake-up

A London borough looks set to go ahead with plans to overhaul services for vulnerable adults – despite admitting it could cause them significant harm. Wandsworth Council has already made advances in its ‘Procurement Framework’. Local charities and families fear...

Study heralds personalised approaches

Three separate autism subgroups have distinct metabolic patterns, new research shows. The groups included the best-behaved children, the most challenging, and others with problem behaviours and co-occurring conditions that showed the highest IQs. Assistant Professor Rachel Kelly, of Brigham and...

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