Lockdown: The anniversary no one wanted

The UK has just marked one year since it officially went into its first Covid-19 lockdown. It’s the anniversary no one wanted.

On this episode we discuss the highs and lows of those 365 days for disabled people across the country.

Nikki Fox, the BBC’s disability correspondent, has spent the past year finding out how disabled people are managing in the pandemic and practicing her ukulele.

She’s joined by Jonny Benjamin MBE, an author, vlogger and mental health campaigner who talks about the rollercoaster of emotions the pandemic brought up for him, and how he ended up in a psychiatric hospital in the middle of it.

BBC Ouch producer and mum Emma Tracey chats about doing the online shop and what lockdown’s been like for blind and visually impaired people, while writer and campaigner Ciara Lawrence reveals what the pandemic has been like for people with learning disabilities - and why she wrote to Boris Johnson.

Presented by Nikki Fox.

Produced by Keiligh Baker.

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