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By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancyFemales may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood, accordi…
Elizabeth Caisaguano and her mother released from Texas facility to head back to Minnesota to reunite with her fatherA 10-year-old Minnesota girl has been released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after a month in detention in …
Defense department says it may end support unless youth group abandons inclusivity and returns to ‘God and country’ valuesThe Pentagon is again threatening to sever ties with Scouting America unless the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts of …
Data comes as government prepares to publish plans to overhaul Send system in EnglandOne in six autistic pupils have not been to school at all since the start of this academic year, according to a new survey which found that mental health issues were o…
Josh MacAlister issues warning as government launches £88m ‘call to arms’ to recruit 10,000 new foster carersPrivate providers of child social care in England will be pushed out of the system if they are found to be profiteering, the children’s ministe…
Files released by US apparently show Mandelson sending Epstein market-sensitive information while serving as business secretaryThe Department for Work and Pensions has named 12 disability experts with “lived experience of disability or long-term health…
Caroline Willgoose, whose 15-year-old son was killed by another pupil, says murder was ‘senseless and avoidable’ The family of a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at school by another pupil has said her son’s murder was “senseless and avoidable”…
Poor communication also cited as factor in death of Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, on Worthing hospital’s groundsA shortage of mental health beds and poor communication between agencies contributed to the death of a teenage girl on hospital grounds, an inquest …
Exclusive: Charities and experts fear changes to special needs education in England may weaken legal protectionsUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have been warned that any dilution of legal rights for disabled children and their families would…
Safety advocates want laws strengthened to ensure child sexual abuse offenders cannot referee children’s sportGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man convicted of two child sexual abuse offences has been able to work as a refer…