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The Blue Badge, enabling disabled people to park in special larger bays closer to their destination and have extra time in time-limited parking, can be the difference between being able to go out places and feeling forced to stay home. However, the rules for having a Blue Badge don’t apply if your disabled child is aged under three.

“Taking medication meant my brain was quiet for the first time; it was amazing, I cried because I was so happy,” Jass Thethi, whose life was transformed after an ADHD diagnosis just over a year ago, told a BBC North West investigation. But the 34-year-old’s joy was short-lived because, like more than 150,000 others who live with the condition and are reliant on medication, Jass has been affected by a UK-wide medicine shortage that started in September.

A decade after David Cameron’s coalition government overhauled provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in England, it has never been clearer that the system is in crisis.

The star of a new TV show about an inclusive model agency says disabilities are not a “barrier” but an “advantage”. Channel 4’s show, ‘New Model Agency’, focuses on a young and diverse cast of models Zebedee Talent in the run up to London Fashion Week.

A mother whose son died after an asthma attack is campaigning to make inhalers free of charge. Jordan Smitheman died on the way to hospital in December after complaining of a tight chest. The family, from Chesterfield, have started a petition urging the government to make the change.