Strictly Come Dancing producers are reportedly hoping to cast a celebrity who uses a wheelchair in this year's series.
Last year the show broke ground by casting Ellie Simmonds as the first contestant with dwarfism, one year on from Rose Ayling-Ellis's triumph as Strictly's first deaf star.
"This is an extremely challenging project but one that Strictly bosses think is worth it and believe it is going to be absolutely brilliant," a source told The Express.
"It is yet another example of how progressive and inclusive the programme is.
"The original plan was that it would happen last year but the logistics are difficult and to get a professional dancer trained and ready to take this on meant more work than was originally anticipated, so the most sensible thing to do was to put it off for a year."
The new series of Strictly begins on BBC One in September.
Neil Wilkes
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