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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is researching how it supports neurodivergent claimants of universal credit (UC), months after an autistic man took his own life after becoming increasingly distressed by the fallout from the UC migration process. Disability News […]
New research has revealed that young people “not in education, employment, or training” (NEET) living with mental health or “behavioural conditions” are disproportionately likely to have been hospitalised compared to their peers living with other chronic health conditions. The Office for […]
A new report has exposed how often neurodivergent people in the criminal justice system fail to receive the reasonable adjustments they need. The report by User Voice, a charity led by ex-offenders, describes the “unedited” experiences of neurodivergent people in prisons, […]
Neurodivergent parents and single mothers are frequently blamed for the behaviours of their autistic children, and even subjected to safeguarding inquiries, when they try to seek support from services, according to new research. The report, based on a survey of more […]