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An article in a UK national tabloid newspaper, which came to my attention via the ME Association.
This is not news to us, but it's good to see it reported in a national newspaper.
ME parents’ fury at child abuse claims
From The Sunday Express
21 June 2015
Story by Caroline Wheeler, political editor.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/585891/ME-parents-fury-child-abuse-claims
Continue reading here:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/585891/ME-parents-fury-child-abuse-claims
Or here:
http://www.meassociation.org.uk/201...ild-abuse-claims-sunday-express-21-june-2015/
This is not news to us, but it's good to see it reported in a national newspaper.
ME parents’ fury at child abuse claims
From The Sunday Express
21 June 2015
Story by Caroline Wheeler, political editor.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/585891/ME-parents-fury-child-abuse-claims
HUNDREDS of parents whose children suffer from a crippling illness that leaves them permanently exhausted have been falsely accused of child abuse.
Charities have helped hundreds of families of children with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or ME, who have been investigated on suspicion of a rare form of child abuse known as Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII).
FII, also known as Munchausen’s Syndrome by proxy or Factitious Disorder, occurs when a parent or carer exaggerates or deliberately causes the symptoms of a child’s illness.
Continue reading here:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/585891/ME-parents-fury-child-abuse-claims
Or here:
http://www.meassociation.org.uk/201...ild-abuse-claims-sunday-express-21-june-2015/