seclusion

She says Alicia was being kept in seclusion - something meant to be used only as a last resort - for hours on end, in a very small room.

The school has also advertised for a seclusion manager to start as soon as possible.

Paris Hilton has previously backed parents trying to toughen the law on restraint and seclusion in Northern Ireland's schools.

Mary Pickford, who will be 80 in April, is upstairs in her bedroom in a self-imposed seclusion that has lasted nearly two decades.

We have spoken to an eight-year-old autistic pupil who was repeatedly locked inside seclusion rooms at a different school while aged five.