[ad_1] A family living with autism is fighting a council’s decision to strip back social care under the UK government’s emergency coronavirus law. Law firm Rook Irwin Sweeney is acting for an autistic adult and the person’s family. Lawyer Alex Rook has urged Derbyshire County Council to reconsider its decision to cut care under the…
[ad_1] The statement below has been released by the European Expert Group on the transition from institutional to community-based care (EEG – of which Autism-Europe is a full member-). The EEG coalition gathers stakeholders for promoting person-centred, quality and empowering models of services and formal and informal care that fully respect the human rights of…
Part of the joy and challenge of being a parent is making sacrifices so your children can hit traditional milestones: a high school graduation, going off to college, starting a life of their own. But for some parents – like Barbara Rivera, a mother of three with two autistic children – the sacrifices are far…