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A mum of two children with learning disabilities and a travel-mad powerchair user tell us their holiday complexities. Plus Clarence Adoo and Charles Hazlewood from the Paraorchestra, and the ex-military Paralympians who use sport for their rehab. With Liz Carr and Rob Crossan.

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• Can going on holiday ever become just too much trouble? Liz and Rob read your Facebook and Twitter responses. Plus, Alexa, mother to two children with the genetic condition Fragile X who rely on routine and experience sensory overload, and Martyn, a powerchair user with a serious case of wanderlust, talk about their complex and lengthy holiday prep.

• Ex-trumpet player Clarence Adoo is paralysed from the shoulders down and is a member of the UK Paraorchestra, an 18-strong disabled music ensemble. He chats about learning to master the electronic head-operated wind instrument invented just for him. And founder Charles Hazlewood, the conductor, joins by phone to explain how this unique orchestra came about.

• Tony Garrett speaks to injured soldier-turned-athlete Derek Derenalagi. And Rob and Liz find out more about how the military and the Paralympic movement are working together to help disabled ex soldiers reach their sporting potential.

• The Beathovens are a Wirrel-based rock band made up of people with autism. We end the show with Me, Myself and I, their song about life on the autistic spectrum.

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