Category Archives: autism

Doctor struck off for kicking care home resident in rubber glove row

June 29, 2011   autism, Carers, disability, Norfolk

Doctor struck off for kicking West Runton care home resident in rubber glove row

Steve Downes Wednesday, June 29, 2011
9.51 AM

A doctor has been struck off after an incident in a Norfolk care home.

A doctor who kicked an autism sufferer on the backside in Norfolk in a row over a pair of rubber gloves has been struck off.

 Polish national Dr Robert Bartosik, 47, hit out at the patient following the argument at Treehaven residential home in West Runton.

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Autistic man ‘let down’ by council

June 9, 2011   autism, Carers

Autistic man ‘let down’ by council

PA

Thursday, 9 June 2011

A social services boss has apologised after a High Court judge ruled that a local authority unlawfully detained a 21-year-old autistic man by keeping him in a care unit for nearly a year.
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Carers of children with disabilities need respite

June 6, 2011   autism, Carers, disability, learning difficulties

Carers of children with disabilities need respite

Closing short breaks units will pile even more pressure on the already stressed parents of disabled children

Child in wheelchair with carer
Families with disabled children are feeling the impact of cuts. Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian

This month, Lancashire county council will start to consult parents of children with disabilities about plans to close some of the county’s short breaks units (once called respite). The units give parents much-needed breaks from caring, and children a chance to socialise.

The plans to close units could impact on families such as Colin and Jennifer Dalley’s. They have three daughters with learning disabilities and behavioural problems, all needing supervision and support. The youngest, Kirsty, 11, needs constant care and monitoring, because she has severe epilepsy. She has an adapted bed and bathroom.

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