A report from Scotland’s human rights watchdog has raised concerns that people with learning disabilities and autism are still being held in institutions in breach of their rights. The Scottish
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A lack of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) is a “timebomb” for public services, MPs have been told. In a debate on Send provision for
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A sports coach at a special needs school has been jailed after his “cruel bullying” of pupils was revealed by an undercover reporter. Elliott Millar, 21, was sentenced to 12
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Patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act will have more dignity and a say over their care under proposed reforms to what has been described as an “outdated” system. Among
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A teenager who stabbed his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend to death in the street has been detained for life with a minimum term of 17 years. Logan MacPhail (pictured), then aged 16,
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Years-long waits for diagnoses and support for autistic young people in England and others with conditions including cerebral palsy is “robbing” them of their childhoods, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.
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A record number of people in England were waiting for an autism assessment in June, according to new figures. Nine out of 10 patients were waiting longer than the recommended
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More than 75,000 children in England are waiting for speech and language therapy – an all-time high, figures show. NHS England data from May shows 97,824 people in the community
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A 29-year-old trans person who felt “dismissed, ignored and lied to” by mental health workers took their own life outside a hospital despite “screaming very loudly for help to stay
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The number of children and young people on support plans for special educational needs and disabilities in England has risen, figures suggest. An additional 58,914 education, health and care (EHC)
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