Policy
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- Policy
Autistic and ADHD readers set out the real extra costs of their lives, as PIP reviews near
A benefits advice website has gathered evidence of the extra costs Autistic people and people with ADHD, anxiety or depression face, from travel and food to sensory needs, ahead of two government reviews due this month.
- Work
DWP names four schemes it says support neurodivergent workers
Answering an MP’s question, the DWP listed Disability Confident, Access to Work, Keep Britain Working and an employer advice service. It did not say how well they work for neurodivergent people.
- Families
SEND reforms pushed back to ‘very early in the new year’, Education Secretary tells MPs
Lucy Powell told MPs the SEND reform bill, the consultation response and new national inclusion standards will come ‘very early in the new year’. For families in England, the wait for answers goes on.