A judge has raised concerns about delays in treating a severely-disabled teenager thought to have had toothache for the best part of five months. Mr Justice Hayden described the way
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The employment gap between adults with learning disabilities and the general population is at a record high, figures have revealed. While UK employment is at its highest ever level, the
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A human rights body is threatening the Government with legal action over its “repeated failure” to give people with learning difficulties and autism the appropriate accommodation. The Equality and Human
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The teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the viewing platform of the Tate Modern gallery in London spoke about plans to push someone off a high building a year
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Developmental disabilities, poor mental health, and experiences of trauma and adversity in childhood can greatly increase the risk that a young person will be exposed to the criminal justice system,
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A review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of mental health and adult social care services run by Cygnet Health Care Limited has raised a number of concerns requiring action
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Around half of parents are waiting at least a year and a half for their child to be formally diagnosed with autism, a charity has warned. Ambitious about Autism said
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A man has been sentenced to 15 years’ jail for causing the death of a three-year-old boy with suspected autism. Kayden McGuinness (pictured) suffered 15 bruises on his scalp and
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An autistic teenager who admitted throwing a six-year-old boy from a viewing platform at the Tate Modern art gallery told police he wanted to be on the news. Jonty Bravery
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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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