Category: Sidebar post
Carers allowance petition
For details of a petition to end the ‘hospital’ rule stopping carers payments - click here.
Read moreAutistic Mothers & Children’s Social Work research
PhD research at Swansea University seeks confidential interviews with Autistic Mothers - for details, click here.
Read moreMental Health Act 2025
For an excellent overview by Tim Spencer-Lane, of the new Act's provisions, click here.
Read moreCare Charges Judicial Review (JR)
Kent County Council has settled a JR claim that its policies concerning disability related expenditure (DRE) were unlawful. For a note by the solicitors Gold Jennings of the settlement click…
Read moreYoung Vic Theatre, 66 The Cut, Waterloo SE1 8LZ
An acclaimed 30 minute mixed-reality production concerning the impact of austerity: of people denied welfare benefits and who died. Click here for the Guardian review and click here for booking…
Read moreEnd home care charges
For a powerful film by the Hammersmith & Fulham Coalition Against Cuts click one of the following links: with BSL and subtitles only, or with audio descriptions as well https://vimeo.com/1124827034.
Read moreConference: September 15th ~ Leeds
Parent Blame: Where are we now? (Cerebra LEaP Project, Leeds University). For details click here.
Read moreConference: October 25th ~ Hereford
Tackling the Crisis In Children's Social Care Conference (The Families’ Alliance for Change): October 25th 2025. For details click here.
Read moreParental Alienation Syndrome (PAS)
For a fascinating paper in the Sheffield Tribune concerning PAS (that has strong FII echoes) click here.
Read moreGood Morning Britain & FII
For an extended ITV interview with a parent wrongly accused of FII, (broadcast on 21 July 2025) click here.
Read moreHerefordshire Council (again)
The failings of Herefordshire Children’s Services have figured in a number of posts in these webpages and these accounts continue – for a recent and troubling Observer Newspaper story concerning…
Read moreInstitute for Government Report
For another – but nonetheless important – report on the political and economic costs of the disgraceful neglect of adult social care in England, click here.
Read moreFacilitated communication
For an important and profoundly troubling article concerning the use of 'facilitated communication' click here.
Read moreRelentless ICB cuts to Children’s NHS CC support
Arbitrary cuts by to gravely ill children's Continuing Care (CC) support packages appear (to me) to be occurring on a very regular basis. For a details of a crowd funding…
Read moreCerebra mass participation event
For details of a 2,500 km Cerebra Fund Raising Relay of 250 stages from Scotland and through England and Wales in June / July’ click here.
Read moreParent Blame webinar
For details of an ADASS webinar (1.4.25) ‘Blamed Instead of Helped – Understanding Parental Blame in Autism Support’ click here.
Read moreChildren’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill
For a JUSTICE briefing concerning essential amendments to the Bill click here.
Read moreAutism and Parent Blame
An Association of Directors of Social Services (ADASS) report ‘Blamed Instead of Helped’ makes many important points, not least at page 12 - that autistic parents are three times more…
Read moreA powerful short video
Grow Family Services – for an incredibly powerful video ‘A Parent’s Fight’ in which families describe the trauma of dealing with the SEND system – click here.
Read moreLaw Commission Paper
The Law Commission has published its Consultation Paper on the reform of Disabled Children's Social Care Law. On first reading it looks pretty positive. The consultation closes on the 22…
Read more‘Complex’ BBC Sounds
A powerful series concerning the challenges faced by families with disabled children. Episode 1 (concerning Disabled Facilities Grants) accessed by clicking here.
Read moreMaking ‘Carers’ a protected category
For a Carers UK report on making unpaid carers the 10th protected category in the Equality Act 2010 click here.
Read moreSystems Generated Trauma Conference
For a brief note on the above (including a link to recordings of its first two sessions) click here.
Read moreElection Hustings Hereford
For a chance to hear Herefordshire Parliamentary Candidates answer questions concerning 'the crisis in children's services' at a meeting on the 18th June - click here.
Read moreFII on-line discussion: 29 April
An expert panel discussion concerning Fabricated & Induced Illness (FII) organised by Autistic Parents UK - for details click here.
Read moreFII questions in the Welsh Parliament
For a details of questions raised by Senedd Member Mark Isherwood concerning the prevalence of Fabricated or Induced Illness allegations in Wales - click here.
Read moreCASCAIDr crowdfunding
CASCAIDr, the social care advice charity is crowdfunding to obtain barristers' views on undecided points of law – for details click here.
Read moreCarers survey
An NHS England survey to better understand carers experiences of care plans can be accessed by clicking here. Unreasonably short timeline (it closes 2nd January) but an important issue nevertheless.
Read moreWebinar 7.30pm 23 November 2023
Homelessness: The Ethics of Gatekeeping convened by The Homelessness Best Practice CIC for details click here.
Read moreNHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
The Department of Health and Social Care has mistakenly tweaked the Framework Guidance in an way that fails reflect changes made by the Care Act 2014. For a posting by…
Read moreCerebra Trustee and staff vacancies
For details of Trustee and Staff opportunities with Cerebra, the Disabled Children's Charity - click here.
Read moreDisabled Children Continence Support Survey
An on-line survey by Cerebra concerning the accessibility and suitability of local Continence Support arrangements for Disabled Children can be accessed by clicking here.
Read moreAssociate Professor post
We are seeking to further strengthen our disability research programme at the School of Law, Leeds University (closing date 15 May). For details, click here.
Read moreImportant Joint statement
To demonstrate support for the Cri de Cœur / call to action by three leading reviewers involved in Safeguarding Inquiries – click here
Read moreFII Seminar
For details of a FII (Fabricated or Induced Illness) event in Gloucester on 14 March click here.
Read moreParental Blame and PDA
For a new research report on this issue by Alice Running & Danielle Jata-Hall, click here.
Read moreChair in Disability Law
The School of Law, Leeds University is looking to appoint a Chair in Disability Law - for details click here.
Read moreOn-line focus group 19 November
The University of Galway wishes to hear from disabled children and young people about the impact that the covid-19 pandemic has had on different aspects of their lives. For details…
Read moreFalling short
For a scholarly review by the Nuffield Trust that assesses ‘How far have we come in improving support for unpaid carers in England?’ click here.
Read moreCommunity Care 30 years on
For a brief article reviewing the last 30 years of social care law - click here.
Read moreConference ~ Leeds 18 October 2022
For details of a Cerebra / Leeds University School of Law Conference (on-line and in person) click here.
Read moreCovid Inquiry
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry is launched with the publication of its Terms of Reference – for details, click here.
Read moreLong-COVID discrimination
For a Scottish Employment Tribunal judgment that found a claimant who suffered from long-COVID to be a disabled person in terms of the Equality Act 2010 click here.
Read moreOffice of National Statistics report
Following the High Court judgment finding concerning the unlawful discharge to care homes of hospital patients with asymptomatic Covid, a report by the ONS notes that all disabled people were at greater risk…
Read moreCare proceedings: parents with a learning difficulties
For important High Court guidance on this issue click here: see paras 105 – 108.
Read moreWebinar Parent Carer Blame
For details of an update research webinar on 27 April 2022 click here
Read more‘Parent Carer Blame’ policies
A short talk summarising the 2021 Cerebra / Leeds University research can be accessed by clicking here.
Read mores117 OR inaction
The Department of Health has decided to do nothing pending the outcome of the s117 Ordinary Residence Supreme Court ping-pong finals. For its announcement, click here (and for the posting…
Read morePre-payment cards
the Payment Systems Regulator has fined 5 companies for cartel behaviour in the prepaid cards market - click here for the story.
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