A football-mad couple who campaigned to make matches more accessible for children with autism have received MBEs. Peter and Kathryn Shippey’s charity, The Shippey Campaign, introduced the first “sensory rooms”
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A highly decorated police officer who had a child abuse video on her phone has avoided a jail term – but has been told her career is all but over.
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Today the MS Trust launches its #fairMScare campaign, aimed at raising awareness about the desperate shortage of MS nurses in the UK. Latest figures show there are now approximately 130,000
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Autistic people, people with autistic family members and people with a learning disability have guided the development of two new core capabilities frameworks. These frameworks can help ensure that staff
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A care home for adults in Fife must make urgent improvements in the care experienced by residents, inspectors have said. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement Notice on
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Young people across the UK are feeling isolated and lonely, with no one to turn to to share their emotions and problems, a report has found. One in four youngsters
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Most supermarket chains do not provide fully accessible toilets needed by a quarter of a million people in the UK, research suggests. A new survey of the major supermarket chains,
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Labour has promised to restore 3,000 bus routes, introduce free personal care and keep TV licences free for the over-75s in a bid to woo pensioners. The party is launching
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Child poverty would continue to rise under the Conservative’s social security plans, according to a new report by the Resolution Foundation think tank. The shifting shape of social security report
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People who play board games and cards are more likely to stay mentally sharp in later life, according to a new study. Psychologists at the University of Edinburgh tested more
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