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Billy Kerr of Bathgate decided to create the carving for the national autism charity after a conversation with his friend and broadcaster, Stuart Cosgrove

Daily Record

Inside mental health campaign changing lives for footballers with autism and disabilities

Luke Degilbert struggled to get on board with regular Sunday league football, but the keen player - who has autism - has found a new and welcoming community with local club Newport County

Daily Mirror

Young man with autism beaten up while out walking in Donegal

Greg O'Donnell was set upon by at least two men who jumped out of a black car and punched him a number of times

Irish Mirror

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'Parents need more than a one size fits all approach to children's education'

Disability campaigner Anna Morell says for many kids, especially those with conditions such as autism and ADHD, school is a brutal place and they struggle to adapt

Daily Mirror

Christine McGuinness says she enjoyed 'time away from the kids' while filming The Games

Christine McGuinness is among the competitors on celebrity sports show The Games which began on ITV last night, with the competition continuing on weeknights for the rest of the week

Daily Mirror

Desperate Dublin mum protests outside Dail to get autistic son into new school

Her youngest son Jefferson has autism and needs an SNA

Dublin Live

Privilege-shaming is backfiring

Privilege-shaming often fails to change anyone's mind — and could even be pushing many to the right, experts say

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Christine McGuinness breaks down during The Games training as she battles anxiety

Christine McGuinness, 34, broke down in tears and revealed that she was more scared of the crowds than she was the events. The mum-of-three was diagnosed with autism last year

Daily Mirror

ITV The Games: Christine McGuinness' ADHD diagnosis, children and family life

Christine McGuinness was diagnosed with ADHD not long after finding out she had autism

Manchester Evening News

ITV's The Games line-up: Which celebrities are taking part in the new series?

Phoenix Gulzar-Brown, Ryan Thomas, Christine McGuinness and Lucrezia Millarini are among the stars competing in ITV's The Games

Wales Online

Reforms to mental health services are long overdue

Letters: Patrick Callaghan welcomes proposed changes to the Mental Health Act

The Guardian - UK

ITV The Games: Who are the celebrities in the line-up and where you know them from

12 celebs from the likes of Emmerdale and Coronation Street to Strictly Come Dancing and The Wanted have signed up for the live series

Manchester Evening News

Christine McGuinness says she has been diagnosed with ADHD after learning she has autism

Christine McGuinness, 34, who is married to Paddy, has said discovering she has Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder has "opened up my life"

Daily Mirror

Ashington man who almost died from blood clot to climb Mount Everest to prove doctors wrong

The devoted dad is taking on Mount Everest to raise funds for charity Autism Awareness and make his son proud

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'Makaton sign language helps my teenager tell me how he’s feeling'

Luc Lederle, 16, has autism and is non-verbal, but now he can communicate and even make jokes with help from the sign language that combines some speech

The Times of India

'Autism is a condition, not a disease': Mother-activist Mugdha Kalra shares her account of raising a child with autism

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Belfast Live

Shankill Road café hoping to be there for people with additional needs

All members of staff at Izabella's Delights come from a caring working background

Tribune News Service

Children in need of psychiatric care end up waiting in ER for days

Before the pandemic, when child psychiatrist Abbie Donovan would head down to see young patients stuck in the hospital emergency department for lack of a psychiatric bed, she would find just a couple, and knew their limbo would last just a day or so.

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Daily Mirror

Christine McGuinness 'absolutely petrified' over live TV show after autism diagnosis

Former model Christine McGuinness said she is having 'meltdowns' at having to compete on live TV during the week-long reality sports show The Games, which starts on ITV on Monday night

Belfast Live

Co Down woman on how charity helped her cope with mum's shock cancer diagnosis

Kirstie was diagnosed with autism in her teens and understanding her mum's cancer diagnosis was a very difficult time

ABC News

National autism strategy in the pipeline, with both Coalition and Labor committing to plan

No matter who wins the federal election, Australia is set to develop a national autism strategy — a move that has been welcomed as a "good start" to changing community attitudes to children and young people with a disability.

Evening Standard

Queen’s Speech to include Mental Health Act reforms aimed at reducing detentions

The Queen’s Speech will include an overhaul of mental health powers to protect patient liberty and prevent those with learning difficulties from being detained without their consent, No 10 said.

ABC News

Disability support worker mother slams NDIS as provider reports substantial funding cuts

Bendigo woman Jo Boyd slams the NDIS, saying the system to review plans is not allowing people living with a disability to have the continuity they need.

Reason

Harvard Students Slam Autism Awareness Panel as 'Violently Ableist'

The event was postponed in order to mollify students who said trying to treat autism was "hateful, eugenicist."

Liverpool Echo

Mum forced to quit job so she can get autistic son to school

Samantha Bowe's son has spent six months out of the classroom but has finally been offered a place at special needs school

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