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This week, out-of-the-blue, the government released a consultation on changes to the Work Capability Assessment, which it had previously announced it would scrap. Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey unravel what it could mean for you with James Taylor, executive director of strategy at the charity Scope.

New BBC Two programme, Helping Our Teens, shows child behavioural expert Marie Gentles assisting school children at risk of permanent exclusion and those with other emotional support needs. We talk to Marie about her methods and also to Jayliyah (and her mum) who are also on the TV programme. Jayliyah was given a diagnosis of ADHD and Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD) and we look at her new found success.

Writer and wheelchair-user Lucy Webster has just released her book - The View From Down Here. She discusses what she calls "sexist ableism" and how she goes about sacking her personal assistants when things start to go wrong...

Sound recording and mixing by the talented Dave O'Neill. Produced by Beth Rose, Emma Tracey and Keiligh Baker. The editor was Damon Rose. Exec editor Jonathan Aspinwall.

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Published on Thursday, 7th September 2023.

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