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A specialist midwife from north Cumbria has been recognised for her work with bereaved families.

Share this article A mother of a child with autism says it's an 'emotional day' as schools reopen for children with additional needs. Thousands of children across the country are returning to classrooms today for the first time since December. Dedicated special needs schools are the first to reopen, Jane Johnstone's son Daniel was diagnosed with moderate autism when he was just three years old. At that age, Daniel was 'highly intelligent in some ways' but had profound difficulties communicating - only speaking around ten words by the time he started school. Speaking on The Pat Kenny Show, J...

Chris Sibley and his son TJ, who took his own life in 2014. - Credit: Chris Sibley In July 2014, Chris Sibley was informed that his 16-year-old son, TJ, had just taken his own life on the railway.  TJ had no known mental health issues. He was “the happiest, friendliest young man,” says Chris.  Desperate to make sense of the tragedy, he followed the investigation closely, even asking to see the CCTV. After viewing it, he had “absolutely no doubt” that TJ had died by suicide.    But at the inquest, something strange happened.   “They said because there wasn’t a suicide n...

Share this article A mother who cares for her two autistic sons is urging the Government to add family carers to the coronavirus vaccine priority list. Jane Johnstone cares for her two sons Evan and Daniel - saying both need an 'awful lot of support'. Evan is 20, and he has autism and profound intellectual disability. On today's The Hard Shoulder, Jane explained: "He's partly sighted due to an eye disease... he has problems with his mobility. "He's completely non-verbal." Daniel, meanwhile, is 16 - he has moderate autism, while his anxiety-related issues have increased during the COVID-19 pa...