Alison Bloomer

Kemi Badenoch, MP and Conservative Party leader hopeful, has been criticised by the National Autistic Society for ‘offensive' and ‘detached from reality' comments on autism.

A new report from the TES shows that four out of five schools in the UK do not have enough funding to support SEND students.

Should the term global development delay be replaced with development disability after the age of five to remove the implication that it is 'temporary'?

New research shows that 37.7% of those with first-episode psychosis were likely neurodivergent, significantly higher than the previously estimated 9%.

Four leading autism charities have joined forces to call on the government for urgent action to end the avoidable and devastating crisis affecting tens of thousands of people waiting for an autism diagnosis and who receive poor care.

Guideposts Trust has launched a new skills academy with nationally approved Life Skills qualifications aimed specifically at adults with learning disabilities.

A new Health and Social Care Committee will review the implications of inaction on adult social care reform and the cost to individuals, to the NHS and to local authorities.

The Department of Education has said that special needs and disability (SEND) reform will centre around inclusive mainstream.

Kim Leadbeater MBE, Labour MP for Spen Valley, yesterday published the details of her Private Member’s Bill to legalise assisted dying. She says the Bill would allow terminally ill adults to request assistance to end their own life in a “safe and regulated” manner.

A new long-term study to observe and track health data of people with Down syndrome from birth to adulthood has been launched by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).