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Pay limits for assistants may ...

Restrictions on how much families getting direct payments can offer personal assistants (PAs) could be “unlawful”, says a lawyer. Direct payments are budgets that councils give to families to make ...

New virus rules are ‘discrim ...

Last-minute changes to coronavirus restrictions are a form of disability discrimination. That‘s the view of Steve Broach, a barrister specialising in disability and children’s rights. Steve Broach ...

Face mask rules leave people i ...

Rules about wearing face masks on public transport and in shops are leaving people with autism in fear. Face coverings will be compulsory in England’s shops from 24 July. David Hilton fears public t ...

Concern at ignorance of mask e ...

Concerns are growing that officials are failing to make clear that disabled people do not have to cover their faces on public transport. The UK Government introduced new rules on Monday (15 June 2020) ...

Fightback against virus law ca ...

A family living with autism is fighting a council’s decision to strip back social care under the UK government’s emergency coronavirus law. Law firm Rook Irwin Sweeney is acting for an autistic ad ...

Families can go out three time ...

Families of children with autism and learning disabilities have forced the UK government into a u-turn over its limit on outdoor exercise. People with autism and learning disabilities can now go out f ...

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 d ...

Councils ‘free to abandon di ...

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 socia ...

‘Repugnant‘ school exclusi ...

Thousands of children with disabilities will now have more legal protection against schools excluding them. This follows a landmark case involving the parents of a teenager with autism. Solicitor Pol ...

Legal fight over exclusion for ...

The parents of a teenager with autism excluded from school are leading a fight against expulsions of special needs children. The unidentified family wants to prevent schools excluding pupils over chal ...

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