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Madonna has been filmed apologising to a concertgoer in a wheelchair, after she initially questioned why they weren’t standing up while she performed.

A special fashion show has been kitting out children in bespoke outfits to cater for their complex mobility needs. South & City College Birmingham said it had teamed up with patients from Birmingham Children’s Hospital to unleash their inner supermodels. The annual adaptive clothing fashion show caters for children who cannot buy clothes from the high street.

It’s a pretty stark image of the impact of the cost of living crisis on disabled households, an electric wheelchair, unused in the corner of a bedroom. It used to be how Samantha Forster would get out and about, but since her energy bills skyrocketed she has been not able to repair or charge it.

In a world where technology seeks to improve our lives, could the traditional guide dog have a hi-tech competitor? Robbie the RoboGuide, developed by the University of Glasgow, integrates sensor and AI technologies into a walking robot body, creating the possibility to navigate, communicate and describe environments.

An 11-year-old who is losing her sight has met Kate Winslet after the Hollywood star made a donation to her “visual bucket list“. Lily-Rae, from Nottingham, was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called Stargardt disease in December.