Your Stories

• Eight years on from Winterbourne View- Emma's thoughts - 23/05/2019
  Eight years on from the Winterbourne View scandal and following last night’s BBC Panorama programme showing abuse at Whorlton Hall, family carer Emma gives us her...    Read Full Story
• Eight years on from Winterbourne View- Ann's thoughts - 23/05/2019
  Eight years on from the Winterbourne View scandal and following last night’s BBC Panorama programme showing abuse at Whorlton Hall, family carer Ann gives us her...    Read Full Story
• Our Son James - 02/05/2017
  Our son James, who has a severe learning disability and autism, left residential special school with no properly constituted assessments or informed advice from...    Read Full Story
• Going on Family Days Out! - 12/07/2016
    Over the years we have worked very hard to have positive experiences as a family, including days out. Over time, with trial and error, we have...    Read Full Story
• A Sibling Story - 12/07/2016
    My brother, Robert, is 14 years old. He has autism, a severe learning disability, challenging behaviours and is non-verbal. He lives at...    Read Full Story
• My hopes for the Care Act - 05/04/2016
  When the long-awaited Care Act was published, it was the biggest shake-up of health and social care legalisation in a generation. I thought: ‘Here we go –...    Read Full Story
• Autism and Sensory Overload - 14/12/2015
  Helen Cherry, a family carer, talks about the inspiration behind her graphics, illustrating the challenges of sensory overload for individuals with autism.   My...    Read Full Story
• Medication Should Be a Last Resort, Not a First Response - 19/11/2015
  Our son James has an acquired brain injury as the result of neurosurgery and immediate post-operative meningitis when he was five. As a consequence he has a severe...    Read Full Story
• Advocating for Mindy - 02/07/2015
    Balwinder talks about how she got good support for her daughter, Mindy, with the support of the CBF. Balwinder is now one of our valued CBF volunteers and...    Read Full Story
• Richard's Story - 23/03/2015
  My son, Richard, is nearly 40 years old, is diagnosed with severe autism, and sometimes displays challenging behaviour. He currently lives with two other young men in...    Read Full Story