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Awareverse Feature GLOBAL Families
28 May 2026
What is Glass Child Syndrome?
Glass Child Syndrome is not a formal diagnosis. It describes children who grow up feeling emotionally invisible when a sibling has high support needs. Understanding it is the first step to changing it.…
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Awareverse Feature UK Awareverse
25 Aug 2026
New UK practical help guides
Practical guides now cover disability benefits, social care, transport, Access to Work, housing and employment rights, with clear apply and challenge routes.…
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Gov.uk SEND UK Autism & ADHD
1 Oct 2026
New report backs government action to help neurodivergent people succeed at work
Neurodivergent people can thrive in the workplace when they are given tailored employment support an independent report has found.…
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Contact UK Families
1 Oct 2026
Honouring our communities this Black History Month
October is Black History Month and the theme this year is ‘Honouring Our Communities’. Black History Month brings people together to celebrate culture, history and achievements of Black and minority ethnic communities – remembering the past and focusing on the future. As always there is a packed programme of events happening across the UK…
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Special Needs Jungle UK Autism & ADHD
1 Oct 2026
Oops, we did it again… The Government must now listen to more than 100,000 people who do not want to lose SEND rights
New article from Special Needs Jungle: We did it! Again! Yesterday evening, the Save SEND Legal Rights petition started by Tee-Jay, a fantastic autistic campaigner who is just 15 years old, galloped past the post of … The post Oops, we did it again… The Government must now listen to more than 100,000 people who do not want to lose SEND ri…
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Contact UK Education
30 Sep 2026
Do you get the right school transport?
At the start of term, our helpline has been busy with calls about education, including questions about transport. Families are facing a range of problems. From being told their child is not eligible for transport, to being offered transport that isn’t suitable. Changes to transport arrangements once a child turns 16, or transport not in […
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Special Needs Jungle UK Education
30 Sep 2026
Experts at Hand: When is an occupational therapist also a SEND expert?
New article from Special Needs Jungle: By Jacqui Brett, LLB (Law), BSc (OT), PG Cert Prof Dev (OT), PG Cert (SI), MRCOT, HCPC The Government’s new Experts at Hand programme sounds like exactly what families have … The post Experts at Hand: When is an occupational therapist also a SEND expert? appeared first on Special Needs Jungle. Specia…
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Special Needs Jungle UK Autism & ADHD
30 Sep 2026
Could using AI to filter Government consultation responses lead to “algorithmic silencing” of neurodivergent voices?
New article from Special Needs Jungle: By: An ADHD Mum For the last year, parents have been asked to participate in Department for Education SEND faux “conversations“, unsatisfactory webinars, and numerous impenetrable consultations that only the … The post Could using AI to filter Government consultation responses lead to “algorithmic si…
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Contact UK Benefits
29 Sep 2026
Dear Andy Burnham: if you want to fix social care, please don’t forget disabled children like Alf
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has promised to “grasp the nettle” and tackle England’s broken social care system. Parent carer Emma Chapman welcomes the PM’s ambition. But after years fighting for support for her disabled son Alf, she asks why children like Alf are missing from the big conversation. Someone finally wants to grasp the nettle …
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Contact UK Benefits
29 Sep 2026
Breaking down the detail of the Schools White Paper proposals
Over the next few weeks, Contact will be looking again at the Schools White Paper proposals and breaking down the details. Although the consultation ended in May, there is still debate and discussion about what the reforms will look like when the government publishes its response at the end of the year. Contact continues […] The post Brea…
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ADHD UK UK Health
29 Sep 2026
Healthcare Management UK: ICBs introduce up to two-year minimum waits for ADHD and autism assessments
Henry Shelford, CEO and Co-Founder of ADHD UK, was quoted in the article and provided background information.…
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Special Needs Jungle UK Education
29 Sep 2026
A council’s “improvement journey”? How determined SEND parents catalogued the trail of their LA’s unlawful behaviour
New article from Special Needs Jungle: With Central Bedfordshire SEND Action Group As we continue to campaign against the Government’s plans to cut SEND rights, local authorities are waiting impatiently for the day when many of … The post A council’s “improvement journey”? How determined SEND parents catalogued the trail of their LA’s unl…
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Special Needs Jungle UK Education
28 Sep 2026
Research: Social networks in special schools. Friendships, bullying and play
New article from Special Needs Jungle: By Dr Lucy Robinson, Cardiff University During her tenure as education secretary, Bridget Phillipson was clear that her vision for mainstream inclusion involved children being “able to go to school … The post Research: Social networks in special schools. Friendships, bullying and play appeared first …
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Contact UK Families
25 Sep 2026
Support for Scottish families whose children need hospital care
This autumn, our By Your Side Scotland team will be at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, and Wishaw Hospital in Lanarkshire providing information and support to families whose children need hospital care. By Your Side is Contact’s hospital-based service for families of children with a disability or additional need up to …
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ADHD UK UK Health
25 Sep 2026
The Guardian: NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments
Henry Shelford, CEO and Co-Founder of ADHD UK, was quoted in the article providing direct advice to the letter writer, as well as offering expert background insight on ADHD to inform the journalist’s reporting.…
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Special Needs Jungle UK Education
25 Sep 2026
CrowdJustice SEND accountability: When the law says “must”, local authorities cannot treat it as “maybe”
New article from Special Needs Jungle: Help Measure what Matters challenge the practices that leave children without education… and families fighting the same battles, again and again. A child’s education should never depend on whether a … The post CrowdJustice SEND accountability: When the law says “must”, local authorities cannot treat …
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Special Needs Jungle UK Education
24 Sep 2026
DfE must give its SEND reform Child Rights Impact Assessment a do-over; this time, without marking its own homework
New article from Special Needs Jungle: The DfE published a Child Rights Impact Assessment on the same day as its Schools White Paper and SEND proposals. It’s something we should have examined earlier, but there is … The post DfE must give its SEND reform Child Rights Impact Assessment a do-over; this time, without marking its own homework…
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Special Needs Jungle UK Benefits
22 Sep 2026
Research: SEND case officers are LAs’ “human shield” gatekeepers. But parents shouldn’t have to be their own key workers
New article from Special Needs Jungle: As parent carers are all too aware, their relationship with SEND case officers can range from positive and constructive to adversarial and a complete breakdown. A recent research article by … The post Research: SEND case officers are LAs’ “human shield” gatekeepers. But parents shouldn’t have to be t…
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ADHD UK UK Benefits
21 Sep 2026
BBC Essex: Henry Shelford talking about the appalling long wait times for ADHD Assessments in Essex for both adults and children.
Henry Shelford (CEO of ADHD UK) on LBC news live discussing the new Lancet research and how it shows the chronic under-diagnosis of people with ADHD and that the growth in ADHD figures highlights the low starting base and the continued work needed to actually meet the true need of people with ADHD.…
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ADHD UK UK Health
17 Sep 2026
Birmingham Live: NHS set to introduce change to formal ADHD diagnoses in major shake-up
Henry Shelford, CEO and Co-Founder of ADHD UK, was quoted in the article and provided background information.…
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ADHD UK UK Benefits
17 Sep 2026
Times Radio: Henry Shelford discusses current ADHD waiting times and pushes back on claims, following Channel 4’s recent documentary, that ADHD is not a real medical condition.
Henry Shelford (CEO of ADHD UK) on LBC news live discussing the new Lancet research and how it shows the chronic under-diagnosis of people with ADHD and that the growth in ADHD figures highlights the low starting base and the continued work needed to actually meet the true need of people with ADHD.…
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ADHD UK UK Autism & ADHD
17 Sep 2026
BBC: Virtual queue for disabled at Alton Towers praised
ADHD UK was quoted in the article and provided background information.…
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Special Needs Jungle UK Education
16 Sep 2026
Research finds the Government’s SEND National Conversation “performative”, lacking pathways for young people’s inclusion
New article from Special Needs Jungle: Parents told us from the very start that the Government’s SEND “National Conversation” felt anything but conversational. We wrote about it at the time, describing how parents were left with … The post Research finds the Government’s SEND National Conversation “performative”, lacking pathways for youn…
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Special Needs Jungle UK Education
14 Sep 2026
EOTAS: Why the Government must listen to those with lived experience
New article from Special Needs Jungle: Until recently, I’ll admit, I didn’t know very much about Education Otherwise Than At School (EOTAS). I knew it wasn’t a lifestyle choice, that EOTAS is not something families “pick” … The post EOTAS: Why the Government must listen to those with lived experience appeared first on Special Needs Jungle…
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ADHD UK UK Benefits
2 Sep 2026
BBC: Teens take to skies as flying made more accessible
ADHD UK was quoted in the article and provided background information.…
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ADHD UK UK Autism & ADHD
31 Aug 2026
The Observer: ‘Mum, you don’t know what it’s like inside my head’: how ADHD culture wars put lives at risk
Henry Shelford, CEO and Co-Founder of ADHD UK, was quoted in the article and provided background information.…
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ADHD UK UK Autism & ADHD
20 Aug 2026
The Standard: Channel 4’s The Great ADHD Myth? backlash grows as charity urges viewers to complain
Henry Shelford, CEO and Co-Founder of ADHD UK, was quoted in the article and provided background information.…
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ADHD UK UK Autism & ADHD
20 Aug 2026
BBC: ADHD charity complains about Channel 4 documentary
Henry Shelford, CEO and Co-Founder of ADHD UK, was quoted in the article and provided background information.…
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