Ruth Clegg
@Cleggins82
I'm a senior producer for BBC News, specialising in health and disability news. Any stories email [email protected].
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14-10-2010 07:17:01
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Heartbreaking story by Ruth Clegg about the death of Will Melbourne and his parents and sister all let down by lack of mental health services and lack of support for autistic yp people and their families
#MentalHealthSupport
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
For six months I have seen the care system through the eyes of those who rely on it to stay alive.
This level of access is rare, sadly their struggles are not.
Thank you to the families for letting us into their world.
Fighting For our Son's Care is on BBC iPlayer now.
There has been a great deal of coverage about the #ChildTrustFund issue, most notably by Ruth Clegg at the #BBC .
Hopefully, our initiative can help many of those families who have faced challenges accessing advice
qualia-law.org/childtrustfund
“Why should Ryan be penalised cos I saved for his future?” Claire’s son is one of 4,000 disabled young people locked out of their Child Trust Funds AND facing benefit cuts because of their savings. Charities say it’s a double whammy. Nikki Fox - BBC News & Watchdog Presenter bbc.co.uk/news/education…
We covered the issues thousands face trying to access their child’s trust fund bbc.co.uk/news/education…. Andrew Turner is tracking how much disabled young people are losing every week - and it’s a lot - because of the, often impenetrable, barriers to their savings.