Summary
The frustrations take many forms. One arose back in 2001 when the benefits system changed and incapacity benefit replaced [Frazer]'s severe disablement allowance, placing him in the same category as sufferers of recurrent back pain, for instance. Since then, it has been necessary for my mother and Frazer to prove, every five years, that yes - no miracle cure here! - he remains autistic.
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Kira Cochrane
As depressing stories go, few beat that of Alison Davies, a single mother, and her 12-year-old autistic son, Ryan. Both of them are thought to have jumped from the Humber Bridge on the weekend of 14 April. Davies, who suffered from chronic depression, left a not...
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