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December 2007
'We would have been lost without support for our autistic son'
December 2007
Machita Denny will not forget easily the day when she was asked to collect her ‘disruptive’ son from school. There had been another incident in the classroom in which Jack, then 10, had failed to cope.
Making child's play out of learning curve
December 2007
For most children with severe autism spectrum disorder, the opportunities to form friendships with non-autistic children are virtually zero. The autistic child’s dislike of anything new, the refusal to hold hands, play games or leave the house, and the inability to communicate or to copy others’ behaviour make such situations almost impossible for most parents and carers to contemplate.
Letters: My autistic son needs proper care, not a cash handout
December 2007
Sir, I read Mary Dejevsky’s article (11 December) with interest. I have looked for the past ten years for a supported living placement to enable my 30 year old autistic son to leave home and live independently.
Carer faces jail over locking patients in car
December 2007
A care home boss is facing jail after he admitted locking three vulnerable residents in his car while he went to a betting shop – for three hours.
The Telegraph, Saturday December 15th 2007
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/15/ncarer115.xml
Help for special needs children 'matter of class, race and gender'
December 2007
A child’s chance of receiving extra help for a special educational need is dictated by geography, class, race and gender, rather than the nature of the learning difficulty, according to research.
Polly Curtis, Education Editor, The Guardian, Friday December 14th 2007
Sam will ignore the festive fare and eat what he eats every other day: Birds Eye potato waffles
December 2007
As part of the Times Christmas Appeal for the Treehouse educational charity, Charlotte Moore describes Christmas with her two autistic children.
Learning to say 'stop'
December 2007
Pupils with learning disabilities are raising awareness about bullying with their own DVD.
Caroline Roberts, The Guardian, Tuesday December 4th 2007
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,2221198,00.html
Text reading to mind-reading
December 2007
Sensory story programmes, digital voice recorders and interactive gadgets help children and adults overcome learning difficulties, reports Sally McKeown
The Guardian, Tuesday December 4th 2007
http://education.guardian.co.uk/link/story/0,,2221103,00.html
How the peanut butter dentist spreads smiles
December 2007
Dental care is terrifying for autistic children. One expert can turn the ordeal into a treat.
NHS ignoring human rights of people with learning disabilities
December 2007
The NHS is holding thousands of people with learning disabilities in bleak accommodation with scant regard to their human rights, inspectors warn today.
Learning difficulties care 'poor'
December 2007
Sweeping changes are needed to specialist inpatient health services for people with learning difficulties in England, warns the NHS watchdog.
Fears over disability hate crime
December 2007
Charities warn that crime against the disabled is worryingly common. But two years after a law targeting disability hate crime came into force, the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are only now facing up to the scale of the problem . . .
Lissa Cook, BBC Five Live Report, December 2nd 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7123039.stm
