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The new House of Commons looks set for a small increase in its disability representation, with at least three new disabled MPs winning seats in last week’s general election.

Next year, the Disability Rights Handbook will reach its 50th edition. Their current Handbook editor, Ian Greaves, who has been the editor for 23 editions, wrote more about the history of the book and where it leaves us today.

Many areas of the UK have such long backlogs for adult ADHD assessments that it would take at least eight years to clear them, a BBC investigation has found. Based on Freedom of Information requests, it appears about half of services have long waits on that scale based on how quickly they are currently seeing patients. The investigation, which focused on adults and not children, suggests there are at least 196,000 adults on waiting lists across the UK.

Six decades after the original Barbie hit shelves, Mattel is launching its first blind Barbie doll in an effort to make its range more inclusive. The US toymaker said the doll, which is now available online and instore, has been created in a bid to make blind and low-vision children more represented within society.

Leading disability charities have urged the government to pause Conservative plans for “worrying” and “dangerous” changes to disability benefits.