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Groups representing assistance dog users are calling for “stronger legal protections” to protect disabled people who say they are being discriminated against in public spaces. Campaigners, lead by Assistance Dogs UK (ADUK), say they are often refused access to shops, restaurants, public transport and other services because of their assistance dogs.

A mental health programme created to empower autistic young people to take control of their mental health before reaching a crisis point has received further three-year funding.

Home-to-school transport costs in England have risen to £2.3bn a year, as increasing numbers of children with special educational needs and disabilities travel farther afield to schools that can meet their requirements, according to a report.

A mum has said her local hospital’s failure to install the right kind of toilets to change her disabled daughter means the teenager is sometimes left sitting in her own waste. Natalie Frost’s 16-year-old daughter Sienna has cerebral palsy and regularly attends appointments at Peterborough City Hospital – but the hospital does not have a specialist toilet with a hoist which means her mother is often forced to change her on the floor.

Specialist ADHD services for adults in England are stopping taking on new patients as they struggle to cope with demand, a BBC investigation has shown. The BBC has identified 15 local areas that have closed waiting lists and another 31 that have introduced tighter criteria, making it more difficult to access support.