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Shortlisted to attend The National Diversity Awards, Elin Williams has her own disability and lifestyle blog where she shares her journey and motivational messages on social media to empower others who are visually impaired. Disabled Living magazine interviews her here:

Matthew Moffatt, who is autistic, struggled when he started at De Montfort University. “When I saw how busy my lecture theatre was, it was terrifying,” he says. “My sense of panic is through the roof and I’m not very good at controlling it. It just builds really quickly – I start shaking and want to leave.” The number of students with social impairments is growing rapidly, but they don’t always get the support they need.

Waiting for a CAMHS referral can take a long time. Here are some of the places that can support you during this time.

The number of UK councils with potentially unlawful restrictions on the provision of essential equipment to disabled children has dropped by more than a third in just one year thanks to a campaign by Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children.

Many new cars for sale in the not-too-distant future will be powered by electricity, with a complete ban on conventionally-fuelled new cars being mooted as soon as 2030. But what does this mean for people with a disability? UCAN2 magazine tells us more about electric cars.