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The mother of a teenager with severe learning difficulties says she was so desperate for help from social services that she felt she had “no option” but to drop him at school and not return to pick him up again. Rita Orr says 15-year-old Callum, who also has autism, often had physical outbursts in which he would injure himself.

WatchWord is a game-changer for D/deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing film- lovers. The cutting-edge system uses smart glasses and Wi-Fi to open up the magic of the big screen experience. The captions are broadcast straight to a wearable set of smart glasses, users can customise their experience by choosing the colour, size, and position for the captions. 04

A paediatric nurse who is competing on the new series of the Great British Bake Off says having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) allows her to “hyperfocus” on her bakes. Georgie, a 34-year-old mum-of-three from Carmarthenshire, is one of 12 amateur bakers appearing in this year’s TV competition.

A 12-year-old girl who helps her mother care for her brother will get to meet Prince Harry when she is given a special award. Anya was nominated by her mother Gemma in the Inspirational Sibling category of the WellChild Awards. Gemma said her daughter “does so much” to help her 15-year-old brother Edward, who was born with a chromosomal disorder and developmental delay. Anya, from Matlock in Derbyshire, will receive the award in London on 30 September.

Alison Lapper was pregnant with her son Parys when she famously, and controversially, posed naked for a statue that was displayed on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth in 2005. On BBC Sounds, she talks about life, art, parenting and grief.