Specialists to provide support to autistic youngsters and their families have been proposed in a shake-up of child disability services. Highland Council had used the Scottish Society for Autism for advice and support, but ended the arrangement over cost issues.
The law on hate crime in Scotland is to be widened to protect the gay community and disabled people.
A man from Telford left stranded by thieves who stole his mobility scooter, has had it replaced with a new one.
Pregnant women who eat a Mediterranean diet may help protect their children from asthma and other allergies, researchers say. The Crete team studied 468 mothers and their children from pregnancy to six and a half years after the birth.
Surrey County Council is among the first authorities in the country to take active steps to ensure our road works are safe for disabled residents.
Education and Care Services Ministers Andrew Adonis and Ivan Lewis, today announced the start of a three-year transformation in short break services for disabled children. Twenty-one local areas will launch the first wave of a £370m investment for local authorities that will extend to all of England from 2009.
