In the news
News Archive
December 2006
'The teeming city of the imagination'
December 2006
Gilles Trehin's amazing creation, Urville, is a fascinating case study in autistic talent.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,585-2519271.html
A boy's best friend
December 2006
Dale Gardner's parents despaired when he was born with severe autism-until a golden retriever unlocked his secret world...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2006/12/22/hautism22.xml&page=1
Genetic mutation discovered in autism
December 2006
Scientists have discovered the genetic problem that is likely to cause autism in some individuals. Working in the journal Nature Genetics, researchers from a number of European institutes argue that the discovery could provide new insights into the biological basis for the condition.
Is this the right kind of education?
December 2006
I cannot explain the sense of antipathy I feel against Steiner schools...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/family/story/0,,1972271,00.html
Unbreakable Spirit
December 2006
Since her learning disabled sister has been at a special college, Saba Salman has watched her confidence and ability bloom. But why should families have to fight for such care?
http://education.guardian.co.uk/further/story/0,,1970538,00.html
'I felt like my head was exploding'
December 2006
A 12 year-old pupil with autism describes his first year in a new Secondary School.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,1969412,00.html
A step in the right direction
December 2006
Individual budgets look set to be the next big thing in social care. Formally announced early in 2005, they are currently being piloted in 13 local authorities and are now a key proposal in the government's agenda for the modernisation of public services. Clive Snedden is one of the people with learning disabilities who has benefited from the control project.
http://societyguardian.co.uk/independentliving/story/0,,1964445,00.htm
Learning to be included
December 2006
Changing attitudes to people with learning disabilities will go some way to improving the lives of one of the most marginalised of all groups of disabled people.
http://society.guardian.co.uk/independentliving/story/0,,196443,00.htm
About a boy
December 2006
Born with a rare syndrome that left him profoundly autistic, Seven -year- old Luke was trapped in his own body, But then his dad took him surfing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,,1962523,00.html
Dominic Lawson: Disability: The political and the personal
December 2006
Soon we will have both a Prime Minister and Opposition Leader who are fathers of disabled children.
http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists-a-1/dominic-lawson/article2029242.ece
