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Kristy Dawson

County Durham teenager, 17, died just days after transitioning from school to college

An autistic teenager died just days after transitioning from school to college, an inquest has heard.

Aylish Louise Stewart was found hanging at her home in Ushaw Moor, County Durham. The 17-year-old died at the University Hospital of North Durham on March 8 last year.

An inquest into her death heard how Aylish, who had autism, ADHD and anxiety, had attended Durham Trinity School in Durham for around five years and had a placement three days a week at Misty Blue Farm in Spennymoor.

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