Access All: Disability News and Mental Health Podcast
Weekly podcast about mental health, wellbeing and disabled people.
Life stories and solutions with a friendly touch 鈥� for listeners around the world.
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'We bought a pub for our 12-year-old son'
Fri 24 May 2019
Ben, 12, uses a wheelchair - he also loves live music, so his parents bought him a pub.
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The rising stars of Eurovision who pulled out of the final
Thu 16 May 2019
Why did The Shalva Band, a group of disabled musicians from Israel, quit Eurovision?
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The challenge of being a teacher with Tourette's
Fri 10 May 2019
Natalie is a primary school teacher and also has Tourette's syndrome.
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'I realised not everyone has to be a Paralympian'
Thu 2 May 2019
Artists Jackie Hagan and Conor A join 麻豆约拍 Ouch at the I'm Here, Where Are You? festival
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What鈥檚 the beef with McDonald鈥檚 paper straws?
Fri 26 Apr 2019
Getting rid of plastic straws is a simple way to reduce waste...unless you rely on them
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Sex, with these hips?
Wed 17 Apr 2019
Ever been lost in the moment only to realise your hips are about to dislocate?
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The artist who believes he鈥檚 a zombie
Thu 4 Apr 2019
Martin O'Brien has lived beyond two life expectancy points and now calls himself a zombie
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Deaf Poets Society (Repeat)
Fri 29 Mar 2019
Deaf poet Raymond Antrobus, winner of a Ted Hughes Poetry prize, talks to 麻豆约拍 Ouch.
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This disabled comedian is a Jerk
Fri 15 Mar 2019
American comedian Tim Renkow reveals all about his new TV series - Jerk.
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The gig emergency that made music accessible
Tue 12 Mar 2019
Suzanne Bull reveals how an accident at a music festival led to a Queen鈥檚 Birthday honour
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Disabled People Are Hot
Mon 25 Feb 2019
Why has the hashtag #DisabledPeopleAreHot suddenly gone viral?
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My daughter has my disability and that鈥檚 OK
Fri 15 Feb 2019
Actor Jack Binstead knew there was a chance Daisy would have brittle bones like him
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Why the hashtag #ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow went viral
Fri 25 Jan 2019
Why the hashtag #ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow resonates with some and gets others thinking.
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'I will drop you in awkwardness'
Fri 18 Jan 2019
The disabled person's sassy guide to surviving annoying encounters
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鈥業 slid down the banisters and fell on my head鈥�
Fri 11 Jan 2019
Thriller writer Liz Nugent on the legacy of a childhood accident and her bestsellers.
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Christmas repeat: The date saboteur and the make-up store terror
Fri 4 Jan 2019
A 15-hour escape from a wedding and facing a department store with depression.
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Christmas repeat: Passionately kissing your 鈥榤um鈥� to prove a point
Fri 28 Dec 2018
A passionate kiss with 'Mum' and an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction
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The dilemmas of Quizmas
Fri 21 Dec 2018
Frank Gardner, Gary O鈥橠onoghue and Touretteshero play a game of disability dilemmas.
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'I pushed Kelly Fletcher off the stool'
Mon 17 Dec 2018
Christmas roundtable special with pianist Derek Paravacini and YouTube star Lucy Edwards
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Stories about pooing in a bag
Wed 5 Dec 2018
Three people shoot the breeze about using their stoma bag
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'Disabled people make the best entrepreneurs'
Fri 23 Nov 2018
Chocolate art, music making and a clever solution for frequent flyers using wheelchairs.
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鈥淲e made conversation while my daughter licked the pavement鈥�
Thu 15 Nov 2018
Why I wrote a sitcom about life with my learning-disabled daughter.
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Bake Off Briony鈥檚 kitchen hacks and Kitch the rapper
Fri 9 Nov 2018
Bake Off鈥檚 Briony, Cold Feet鈥檚 Ruth Madeley and a performance from Kitch the rapper.
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What happens when the beat drops?
Fri 2 Nov 2018
Beatboxing may be a surprising new form of speech therapy
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鈥楤e my friend because we鈥檙e both disabled mums鈥�
Mon 29 Oct 2018
What's life like for disabled mums when they return to work after maternity leave?
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'Alex Jones will kill me if I tell you...'
Fri 26 Oct 2018
Alex Jones, learns a "mortifying" lesson at the Invictus Games which her co-host spills.
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鈥楬ow a plan to reveal my new boyfriend ended with a fractured spine鈥�
Fri 19 Oct 2018
Bethany had just started her PhD when she fell down some stairs and fractured her spine.
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'You can't go there, you're disabled'
Fri 5 Oct 2018
I've felt more disabled in the UK than anywhere else in the world says comedian
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Making sign language more beautiful
Fri 21 Sep 2018
What's better - a finger point or a meaningful gesture?
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"Echoes put me off": How blind people choose a new home
Fri 14 Sep 2018
If it's not the decor that grabs you, then what does? How blind people choose a new home
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