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Sunderland invests over £700,000 to support people with learning disabilities
7/25/2025 Sunderland City Council is to allocate £724,000 to help people with learning difficulties or autism carry out adaptions to their homes when they are discharged from hospital. |
Council warns of dangerous autism ‘cure’ fraud
4/18/2024 Greenwich council has warned schools and nurseries to be on guard after learning of an individual offering ‘experimental procedures’ for autistic children. |
Autistic adults without care entitlement face 'breakdown'
12/5/2023 More than 11,000 autistic adults in England are not receiving the care they are legally entitled to, a group of autism charities has found. |
Sheffield unveils ‘autism-friendly’ plans
6/1/2023 Sheffield Council has unveiled plans to make the city more ‘autism-friendly’. |
Community services for children ‘under extraordinary pressure’
5/30/2023 Children are being put at risk as vital community services struggle to keep pace with demand, health leaders have warned. |
Autistic children face discrimination in care system
3/3/2023 Marginalised families with autistic children face serious problems in the health, care, and education systems, according to new research. |
New SEND plan fails on ‘fundamental’ issues, council chiefs say
3/2/2023 New plan to support children with special educational needs and disabilities fails to address ‘fundamental cost and demand issues’, council chiefs say. |
Essex County Council pays £150 after autistic care failure
2/28/2023 Essex CC paid a woman £150 after the Ombudsman found it had failed to ensure there was a smooth transition in her autistic son's care when they moved. |
Council fined £5,000 after autistic boy left without education
12/16/2022 Oxfordshire County Council has been told to pay £5,000 to the mother of an autistic boy to make up for a year of missed education. |
Croydon council criticised for failing to provide respite care
12/9/2022 Croydon council has been criticised for failing to provide respite care for the mother of a disabled teenager because it would cost too much. |
Council apologises after failing boy with Autism
12/9/2022 Redcar and Cleveland Council have apologised after failing to provide respite care for the family of a boy with complex special educational needs. |
Providers specialising in autism care warn of contract hand back
10/31/2022 Providers of adult social care have called for more support to be given to providers who look after individuals with a learning disability and autistic people. |
Council apologises after autistic man spends 21 years in hospital
10/5/2022 Brighton & Hove City Council has apologised after an autistic man was held in a secure hospital for over two decades. |
Councils receive £7.6m to help people with autism into work
8/18/2022 Twenty-four councils are set to receive £7.6m over the next three years to help over 2,000 adults with learning disabilities and autism move into work. |
Javid launches £75m autism strategy
7/21/2021 The Government today launched a new multi-million pound strategy to help improve the lives of people with autism. |
Parents forced to wait 18 months for autism diagnosis
1/14/2020 Parents are facing a wait of more than 18 months to find out if their child has autism, a new poll has revealed. |
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Council fined for causing autistic child ‘severe distress’
7/19/2018 Brighton & Hove council has apologised after a mother and her autistic son were caused severe distress due to their temporary accommodation placement. |
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Welsh councils launch autism awareness campaign
3/4/2016 A new programme has been launched to raise awareness of autism among primary school children in Wales. |
