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.
Episodes to download
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From three carers to none
Thu 13 Oct 2022
Wheelchair user Natalie lost her entire care package because of rising fuel costs
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The mystery of the missing disability minister
Fri 7 Oct 2022
Super sleuths Nikki Fox and Emma Tracy, look at who the new disabilities minister might be
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Anne Hegerty: 鈥楺uizzing is easy, household tasks are the hard bit鈥�
Fri 30 Sep 2022
Queen of quizzing, Anne Hegerty, on being autistic and dealing with vampires
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Family of six share a one-bed flat while new house is made accessible
Fri 16 Sep 2022
The council says it could be another 12 months before work is completed on the new home.
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'Wet wipes and dry shampoo get you a long way'
Fri 2 Sep 2022
Baroness Jane Campbell reveals her 'fear' about the lack of PAs working in the UK
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鈥楬alf my income goes on energy bills鈥�
Fri 26 Aug 2022
We look at some of the proposed solutions to the problem so far
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The summer catch-up
Fri 19 Aug 2022
Nikki and Emma play their favourite and unheard clips from the podcast so far
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Locked away in Ukraine鈥檚 orphanages
Fri 5 Aug 2022
Thousands of disabled people live in Ukraine's orphanages - but many aren't even orphans
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'My leg amputation was the best day of my life'
Fri 29 Jul 2022
Para-swimmer Alice Tai elected to have a below-knee amputation
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鈥業 was stuck in my flat for 12 days in the searing heat鈥�
Fri 22 Jul 2022
Adam鈥檚 stuck in his flat for 12 days and attitudes towards disabled people revealed
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Staying cool in heatwave hell
Fri 15 Jul 2022
Disabled people reveal their top tips on getting through the UK heatwave.
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The actress and the stolen photos
Fri 8 Jul 2022
Actress Melissa Johns on reclaiming her body after nude photographs were leaked online
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'Dad had to carry me up stairs to the LGBT party'
Fri 1 Jul 2022
The realities of being a disabled LGBT student
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Hitting the mosh pit in my wheelchair
Fri 24 Jun 2022
Martin Dougan talks festivals, and Chris McCausland on being a blind spy
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"100 miles from home, no one could visit me鈥�
Fri 17 Jun 2022
Nikki Fox talks to mental health patients sent 'out of area'
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Escape plan
Fri 27 May 2022
Fear after high rise fire evacuation plans are rejected by the government
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"It's happened again" - Frank Gardner left on a plane
Fri 20 May 2022
Left on a plane waiting for assistance, we ask why it keeps happening to wheelchair-users
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'I was scared the guide dog would be electrocuted by the live wire'
Fri 13 May 2022
The shocking stories of blind people falling off railway platforms
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Being gay and autistic at Eurovision
Fri 6 May 2022
Eurovision contestant Sheldon Riley says that being neurodivergent and LGBT "was tough鈥�
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鈥業 used a hairdryer to warm my daughter鈥檚 feet鈥�
Fri 29 Apr 2022
Nikki Fox meets the families making difficult energy decisions
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Ukraine War: 'I think of my wheelchair more than myself now'
Fri 18 Mar 2022
When escaping Ukraine, Tanya took her tyre pump instead of her favourite dress.
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The Power of Snow
Thu 10 Mar 2022
Many in ParaGB are injured military veterans 鈥� why is snow so good for rehab?
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The lowdown on being disabled in China
Thu 3 Mar 2022
The Winter Paralympics are in Beijing 鈥� here鈥檚 a lowdown on disabled life in China
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鈥業 often get sepsis, if I get Covid my days are numbered鈥�
Fri 25 Feb 2022
Three clinically vulnerable people react to the government's plan for living with Covid
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Do accessible sex toys exist?
Fri 18 Feb 2022
We explore the world of accessible (and inaccessible) sex toys
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Kate and Holly: Covid finally strikes after all that shielding
Fri 11 Feb 2022
Kate's symptoms are life threatening - but what about Holly who has no immunity?
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Kate and Holly: Covid hits after two years of shielding
Fri 4 Feb 2022
'Everything we've worried about has suddenly happened'
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