Thousands of disabled people, including those with learning disabilities, are set to benefit from a £50 million increase in funding for the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG), aimed at helping more people live safely and independently…

A campaign group has released a hard-hitting video calling on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to protect the legal rights of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Produced by Save Our Children’s Rights…

A medication few people outside medical circles will recognise could soon be under fresh scrutiny, as major trial results are expected this year to assess whether it may benefit some autistic children. Leucovorin, a form…

The number of children in London requiring special educational needs and disabilities (Send) support has climbed to its highest level on record, according to BBC London analysis of Department for Education data. Over the last…

Major reforms to mental health legislation have formally become law after the Mental Health Act received Royal Assent, marking a significant shift in how people with learning disabilities and autistic people are treated in England.…

The Government has unveiled plans to invest an additional £3bn in creating tens of thousands of new specialist places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) within mainstream schools. Ministers say the funding…

TV cook and author Nigella Lawson has helped open a new training pub aimed at supporting young people with learning disabilities or autism into work. The North Star, created by Brighton charity Team Domenica, offers…

A joint review by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who attend school part-time or not at all are receiving uneven levels of…

A dedicated set of learning materials has been released to help road safety practitioners better support autistic and neurodiverse learners. The toolkit, created by Co-Pilot in collaboration with the National Autistic Society, includes 24 concise…

Social Work England has released a new report outlining its key observations from the first full cycle of reapproving qualifying social work programmes. The regulator has now completed its review of 257 courses across the…

The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has commissioned an independent inquiry to explore the sharp rise in referrals for mental health, ADHD and autism services across England. The review, headed by clinical psychologist Professor Peter Fonagy,…

New findings from the University of Cambridge suggest that trauma plays a significant role in shaping suicide risk and mental health difficulties among autistic adults, offering insights that could strengthen safeguarding and clinical screening. Published…