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The government is considering compensation payouts for unpaid carers who have been unfairly hit with huge financial repayments in recent years after inadvertently falling foul of harsh carer’s allowance benefit rules.

A mother whose 13-year-old daughter has missed out on nearly two years of school due to council delays said it was a “constant battle” to get support. Cambridgeshire County Council was ordered by a watchdog to pay Sarah £4,700 for failing to provide suitable education for her daughter Sophia, who is autistic.

He made his name with chart-topping hits – now the Scope chair wants to change how society sees disability. Pop mogul Sir Robin Millar is not a man who you would expect to struggle with access in the music industry.

A student paramedic who helped organise basic sign language training for hundreds of future NHS workers has said it is “absolutely essential”. Daniel Hunt, 38, from Keynsham, set up the deaf awareness sessions at the University of the West of England (UWE) in 2023, while studying for his degree. He graduated in July with first class honours.

Janatha Carden, from Bala, Gwynedd, runs short breaks for neurodivergent families, and said finding appropriate accommodation could be challenging. Prof Brian Garrod, from Swansea University, has said the tourism and hotel industry does not really understand neurodiversity, and often individuals are not trained properly.