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A new landmark report is urging the Government to enhance mandatory training on autism for public-facing staff, developed in collaboration with autistic individuals and their supporters as part of the new autism strategy.

Following the long-awaited findings of an independent review into Carer’s Allowance overpayments, the government has promised to overhaul and modernise the system used for assessing a carer’s earnings and to reassess historic overpayments.

Derby City Council’s new Skills Centre at Friar Gate Studios has been launched. The vibrant new facility is designed to empower young people and families living with special educational needs and disability (SEND) to live their best life, through skills, training, improved confidence and independence, and social community.

The health secretary has vowed to “put a stop” to the practice of NHS doctors giving people with learning disabilities automatic do-not-resuscitate orders, following an ITV News investigation. Wes Streeting said it was “repugnant and immoral” that learning disabled people were being treated “as being of less worth” by the health service.

Schools in England are steering away children with special needs, leading some to have six times as many pupils requiring learning or behaviour support compared with others, according to research.