Watchdog orders Town Hall to pay £4,500 to the family for causing 'avoidable distress'
The council has paid the family £500 to recognise the “distress, uncertainty and frustration” it had caused
The council suggested taking the child on a bus ride so they can test his family’s claim that travelling by public transport would prove distressing for him
A local parents’ forum made the discovery as part of its probe into emotionally-based school avoidance
Council, health organisations and residents draw up 113 pledges to improve the lives of autistic residents
Collective is helping draft Hackney’s first autism strategy as World Acceptance Day approaches