An article on the Mirror website talks about the cuts the Government have made to the Personal Independence Payments fund, which is designed to help disabled people live independently and replaces the Disability Living Allowance. Figures show that 44% of people who were previously receiving the Disability Living Allowance have either been given the Personal Independence Payments at a lower…
An old article on the BBC website relating to the story of Sean Honeysett, a man who was wrongly diagnosed as being mentally ill, highlights the importance of ongoing research and study into autism and mental illness. Sean suffers from Asperger’s syndrome (a form of autism), but he was wrongly diagnosed as being mentally ill when he was a teenager,…
Sky News have published an article relating to the lack of research into autism and its connection to other illnesses like depression, anxiety and OCD. Charity Autistica believes that 4 out of 5 people with autism will at some point in their lives suffer from mental health problems and we believe that more research must be done, not only into…
Autism has traditionally been a condition associated with men and this BBC article highlights the problem with under-diagnosis of autism in women. The National Autistic Society has been campaigning for change and improvement in the diagnosis of autism, particularly in women, and with recent evidence pointing to the fact that more girls and women have autism than previously thought, we…
The National Autistic Society have launched a campaign calling for the NHS to adopt their “Always Charter”. The Always Charter relates to the rights of young people in inpatient units and their families, concerning such things as being cared for by appropriate professionals and being as close to home as possible. We believe the Always Charter is very important, because…
The Disability Employment Gap is the gap between the percentage of non-disabled people who are employed (around 80%) and the percentage of disabled people who are employed (around 48%). The government aims to halve this gap and the Work and Pensions Select Committee have recently published a report investigating the Government’s aims. There is a very interesting article on The…