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The family of a girl who died after inhaling aerosol deodorant is holding a roller-skating event to celebrate her life and raise awareness. Giorgia Green, who was 14 when she died a year ago, loved roller skating after being introduced to it by her dad. She was autistic and her father said she liked to spray deodorant on blankets as she found the smell comforting.

A dad of two disabled children has spoken out after they were left stranded on board a plane that landed at Jersey Airport for an hour and a half. Rory Steel lives on the island with his family, who were all returning home from a holiday on Tuesday 9 May. The British Airways flight landed in Jersey at around 8:50pm, but the Steel family were left waiting to disembark until nearly 10:30pm when wheelchairs were provided.

Taylor, from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, was helped by a charity and a gardener who specialises in making outside spaces disability-friendly. Taylor’s family says it means he can now enjoy his trampoline and slide.

New figures exclusively revealed by the BBC shows that 80,683 disabled young people in England and Wales will miss out on Child Trust Fund savings worth £209,801,255. Parent campaigner Andrew Turner, working with Contact, calculated the total loss of money to disabled young people who lack mental capacity over the course of the Child Trust Fund scheme maturity.

Barbie is launching its first doll with Down’s syndrome in an effort to help more children find a toy that represents them. Mattel bosses said they wanted to bring out the doll to “enable all children to see themselves in Barbie”. They partnered with the National Down Syndrome Society in the US to bring the product to market.