From suspicion to support: why the Government’s child protection reforms matter for disabled children

Families of disabled children know all too well how easily a request for help can turn into scrutiny, suspicion or even a child protection investigation. It’s a pattern we’ve covered …

Report: When asking for help causes harm: Why our systems are traumatising disabled children and their families

By Jess Camburn Rahmani, CEO, Cerebra Last week, we shared a review and giveaway of a new book from Professor Luke Clements and Dr Ana Laura Aiello about parent blame. …

Let’s Consign Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) to the History Books

Guest Post By Dr Andy Bilson, Emeritus Professor at the University of Central Lancashire We’ve written a number of times about Fabricated or Induced Illness, where parents of children with …

Parents of disabled children traumatised by the public bodies that should be supporting them

“Difficult people are usually having a difficult time.” This observation set the scene at a recent conference organised by the School of Law at the University of Leeds and the …

The parallels between the subpostmasters scandal and the institutional gaslighting aimed at SEND parent carers

with Fiona Castle, SEND parent and campaigner Institutional gaslighting, lies, infliction of trauma and mental health breakdown… these are all behaviours that allowed the subpostmaster scandal to develop and persist …

Research finds unfounded FII accusations cause “devastating and often life-long impact on children and families” and over 80% of allegations dropped

by Professor Luke Clements and Dr Ana Laura Aiello There is considerable evidence to suggest that increasing numbers of parents are experiencing allegations that they have fabricated or actually induced …

Parent-blaming to avoid professional accountability is a human rights issue

with Katherine Uher, parent and psychotherapist and Benji Uher We’ve run a number of articles that feature the injustice of staff in local authorities and health services using parent-blaming as …