The role of special educational needs coordinators (Sencos) comes under scrutiny this month as the government launches a consultation paper aimed at beefing up their status in schools.
A wheelchair user has been paid £3,000 after being refused entry to a County Armagh bar which holds weekly meetings for people with disabilities. Catherine Harvey, who has spinal injuries, was turned away from the Cellar Bar in Lurgan.
A six-year-old boy with a serious heart condition has had his disability living allowance stopped. The County Londonderry child has had open heart surgery three times, and is now waiting for a fourth operation. The boy's mother Anne gave up her job to care for him and is now living on income support.
A blind solicitor from Perth is threatening to take American Express to court because he can no longer read his credit card statements online. In December, the firm changed its statements to a format which cannot be read by special software used by the visually impaired.
Double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius will find out later this month if he is allowed to run at the Olympics.
A blind man who set himself a worldwide challenge to run seven marathons in seven days has finished his final run. Dave Heeley, known as Blind Dave, ran the London Marathon after spending a week running in Brazil, the Falklands, Los Angeles, Sydney, Dubai and Tunisia.
