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Jazz Turner has a complex version of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which means she can’t bear weight on her legs and her joints dislocate. She also has gastrointestinal failure. She taught herself to sail from the age of 13, and said: “I don’t need anybody else when I am on a boat, it’s only on the water that I feel I have real independence.”

Cole Cooper, 19, hasn’t been heard from since he went on a night out with friends in Falkirk on 3 May. His older brother Connor told BBC Newsbeat that Cole had experienced suicidal thoughts and depression before his disappearance.

Dan Bowhay, from Bishops Waltham, in Hampshire, used his disabled bus pass to travel from Land’s End to Marshall Meadows, in Berwick-upon-Tweed, a journey which takes just over nine hours by car, and filmed his journeys.

The Portsmouth Enablement Centre (PEC) made the limb for Tobi, who was born with a limb difference. His mum, Debra, said her son loved showing off his new prosthetic, and said the care he had received from the PEC was “phenomenal”.

Around 300,000 children, including those with conditions such as autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, will be better supported to achieve and thrive as the government expands successful programme to help boost attendance and behaviour. Backed by £9.5 million in government funding, the Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) programme – which supports neurodiverse students by training teachers to identify and better meet their needs and improves parental engagement – will be extended for another year across a further 1,200 schools.