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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Tens of thousands of vulnerable people have been left in limbo for over a year while carers applied to strip them of their freedom. The mental health charity Mind says
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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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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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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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A couple embroiled in a long-running dispute over the care of their autistic son have returned to court for the latest stage of a record-breaking case. The man, who has
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