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Here is an engaging docufictional experiment, an investigation into autism co-created by a group of young artists on the spectrum called the Neurocultures Collective. The resulting film, The Stimming Pool, is ingenious, funny, intellectually curious – and pregnant with ideas.

“Since we’ve been able to communicate, our bond has become so much stronger”, says mum Tasha of her son TJ. Tasha, from Derby, is now learning to become a Makaton tutor after she mastered the language programme to communicate with TJ, who has Down’s syndrome, is autistic and non-verbal.

Disabled women in the UK face significant inequalities in maternal healthcare according to a new report shared exclusively with Channel 4 News. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine says its research shows there is an urgent need for an assessment of clinical guidance for pregnant disabled women, with evidence showing they have worse maternal outcomes.

An accessible cosmetics entrepreneur who got what was labelled the “best deal ever” on Dragons’ Den, has said she wants the industry to become more inclusive. Millie Flemington-Clare, 26, from Bristol, who has a rare condition called cystinosis, pitched her brand of inclusive make-up products on the BBC One show.

Many councils have told the Guardian that their obligations under the wider special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system are financially unsustainable, with the rapid increase in pupil transport costs becoming a particular issue.