Please find below information on behalf of the Parent Carer Forum: We are the Parent Carer Forum, a group of parents and carers in Cheshire West and Chester who have children with special educational needs and/or disability (SEND) working in…

We saw these details on social media and found them interesting, so thought we would share this with you.   Rising Tide Car Wash is a scalable social enterprise established in America with the primary mission to employ adults with…

We are delighted to share Axia ASD Ltd’s Annual Report for the year 2017. We hope you glean from the report the recent developments in our service and our plans for 2018. In particular, we are delighted to share with…

Learning Disability Today Connor Sparrowhawk’s mother becomes campaign patron News, 13th February 2018 Dr Ryan became a well known champion of disability rights after her 18-year-old son Connor, who had epilepsy, autism and a learning disability, drowned in a bath…

Learning Disability Today 12th February 2018 Manchester College’s Artist in Residence Grace Igoe talks about expressing herself and autism through her work and the barriers and stigma she has overcome.   LDT: What does your art express?   Grace Igoe:…

The National Autistic Society Monthly E-Newsletter           Share This Post:

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Working in Partnership to Promote Inclusion for Students with SEND Amba Hotel Charing Cross, London Tuesday 6th March 2018 KEY SPEAKERS:   Dr Rona Tutt OBE
 Past President
 National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT)   Stephen Munday
 CEO
 The Cam…

Minutes of the Twenty Seventh Post-Diagnostic Support Group 31st January 2018 The meeting was attended by 40 people and once again a lovely “Therapy Dog”. Linda introduced herself and the members of the Axia team who were present. The first…

Welcome to the Mental Health Today Update, with exclusive features and opinion plus the latest news News Hunt sets NHS zero suicide target NHS charging £21,000 to disclose shock therapy use ‘Compassion fatigue threatens NHS’ warns mental health trust chief…

Planet Autism has produced a document which we thought we should share. “False Accusations of MSBP/FII” © by Planet Autism   For a long time now, too long, an appalling situation has existed in which innocent, loving parents who have…

News – 22nd January 2018 New evidence suggests some people currently living with autism may not be doing so had their grandmother not been exposed to a common drug still being used to treat epilepsy.   Share This Post:

Hazel Watson – Learning Disability Today Blog, 15th January 2018   We should only treat people who are ill   Under the overarching mental health law covering England and Wales, people with a learning disability and/or autism can be detained…