A Harrogate family say they are angry that they have to pay for sign language lessons to enable them to communicate with their two-year-old son. Debby Wood and her daughter Natalie have been taking sign language lessons at Harrogate College to help them talk to son Alex, who was born deaf.
An independent inquiry is to be launched after a charity highlighted six deaths of people with learning disabilities in NHS care.
A girl with special educational needs who was repeatedly restrained by school staff has lost a discrimination case.
Parents and governors are fighting proposed changes to Kent's only special needs school for girls. Kent County Council (KCC) wants Broomhill Bank School, near Tunbridge Wells, to take boys and children with more challenging needs such as autism.
SHEFFIELD trams and the city's train station must be made easier for disabled passengers to use, a leading expert has warned. Design adviser John Mitchell, who is blind, says he is more dependent on other people now than he used to be in "the bad old days" of public transport.
Minister for Disability Anne McGuire has called on South Yorkshire firms to follow the lead of the Showroom cinema in Sheffield, and set cash registers ringing. Mrs McGuire was visiting companies around the country that are at the forefront in providing facilities for people with disabilities.