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Bill to overhaul ‘outdated’ Mental Health Act introduced

Community Care

The government said the Mental Health Bill would tackle racial discrimination in care, end the inappropriate detention of people with a learning disability and autistic people and give patients a greater say in decisions over their care. Labour’s bill is likely to be similar to the Conservatives’ draft 2022 draft bill.

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Five Facts Social Workers Need to Know About Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs)

Social Work Blog

Reducing problematic alcohol use is crucial to preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)—neurodevelopmental disabilities and birth defects that can occur in a baby exposed to alcohol before birth. One: FASDs are a leading preventable cause of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities in the U.S.

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Social Work’s Critical Role in Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Social Work Blog

may have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), a range of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities that can occur in a baby exposed to alcohol before birth. People with FASDs may be at high risk for school challenges, criminal justice issues, substance use disorders, and mental health disorders.

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Government proposes disability benefits overhaul in face of ‘spiralling’ caseload and costs

Community Care

The government has proposed overhauling a key disability benefit in the face of its “spiralling” caseload and costs, in a move labelled “dangerous” and “reckless” by charities. It was introduced in 2013 to replace disability living allowance (DLA) for people of working age. What is PIP?

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Review into ‘complex and fragmented’ social care laws for disabled children begins

Community Care

A review into the “complex and fragmented” social care legal framework for disabled children has opened. The DfE’s objectives for the review are: Resolving the patchwork of legislation that currently governs social care for disabled children.

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‘Outdated’ law on social care for disabled children will be reviewed

Community Care

The ‘outdated’ legal framework on social care for disabled children in England will be reviewed with a view to making it fairer and more effective. To improve how the law on social care for disabled children fits in with the law relating to children’s social care more broadly.

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“The machine has labeled you as high-risk”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The Hackneys and their lawyer suspect that the algorithm, and the humans who may be slavishly following it, discriminated against them because of disabilities. As the ABA Journal story explains: Lauren Hackney has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder that can cause memory loss, and Andrew Hackney has some resultant damage from a stroke.