Access All: Disability News and Mental Health

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Apr 29, 2015 • 15min

Not disabled in a parallel universe

After Prof Stephen Hawking said Zayn Malik is still in One Direction in an alternative universe, we ask the obvious disability question. With Damon, Kate and Johny.
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Apr 21, 2015 • 15min

Who will buy me a wheelchair?

Using donation sites to buy whizzy wheelchairs and what the world is saying right now about disability on Twitter. A weekly short podcast from the Ouch team: Damon, Kathleen and Kate.
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Apr 14, 2015 • 14min

"You walk funny"

A glimpse under the bonnet at how the Ouch team get along, and do you disclose your disability on dating sites?
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Mar 31, 2015 • 55min

talk show: Driving, prison, being a man

Meet the man who was in prison three years ago and now hopes to reach the Rio Paralympics. Will blind and severely disabled people ever be able to travel independently in driverless cars? Plus the male student who says having cerebral palsy led to anorexia. With Rob Crossan and Kate Monaghan.
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Mar 24, 2015 • 13min

#GiveBenAJob

After a Twitter campaign secured a man with Down’s syndrome his first paid job, the Ouch team chats about the unique barriers faced by disabled people entering the world of work.
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Mar 18, 2015 • 13min

Inside Ouch: Disability, douze points

There are at least three disabled entries in this year’s Eurovision song contest. Damon, Emma and Kathleen explain who they are and speculate whether one of them might win.
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Mar 11, 2015 • 11min

Inside Ouch: IS release video featuring two deaf fighters

Deaf blogger Charlie Swinbourne on how the community has reacted to an Islamic State sign language video, plus disability chat from the Ouch team.
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Mar 4, 2015 • 54min

Talk Show: Stump art, disabled models, black canes

On this month's show: The blind man who swapped his white cane for a marching band. The amputee who dresses her stump up as celebrities and gets her internet followers to guess who it is. And why were there no disabled models at London Fashion Week? With Rob Crossan and Kate Monaghan.
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Feb 27, 2015 • 14min

Inside Ouch: Who can use accessible loos?

They’re in the news this week but what are disabled people’s biggest toilet-related gripes? And should others be cut some slack for nipping in when the facility is free? With Damon, Emma and Kathleen, otherwise known as the Ouch team.
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Feb 5, 2015 • 54min

Oscars, acting and singing on the tube

Is it really like "blacking up" if a non-disabled actor plays a disabled role? Plus the monthly quiz, music and the man with mental health difficulties filmed singing on the tube who became a viral hit on YouTube.

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