

Access All: Disability News and Mental Health
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Weekly podcast about mental health, wellbeing and disabled people.
Life stories and solutions with a friendly touch – for listeners around the world.
Life stories and solutions with a friendly touch – for listeners around the world.
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Nov 12, 2013 • 1h 5min
show 102: Not The Truman Show
Video-blogger Jonny says being open is good, the disability autobiography quiz and the future access technology that's already here. With Rob Crossan.

Oct 4, 2013 • 50min
show 101: Disability 'mate' crime
The Last Leg's Alex Brooker on how he almost became a Paralympian himself. That great disability perk, queue-jumping at Disney, is on the way out. And why disability hate crime experts would like official figures to rise before they hopefully fall. Rob Crossan and Kate Monaghan present.

Sep 10, 2013 • 42min
show 100: Sex and relationships special
How does a young man go about losing his virginity when his arms and legs don't work? What's it like to be both gay and disabled? And is falling in love with your careworker ever a good thing?
Disabled panelists Asta, Daryl and Kirsty take a tough conversation to the next level in our sex and relationships special. Rob Crossan and Kate Monaghan present.

Aug 1, 2013 • 50min
show 99: Hops and halos
Ever heard of the invalid stout sold a hundred years ago to cure disability? Also, the man who says volunteering saved his life after a spell in hospital. And are disabled comedians duty bound to make light of their disabilities? With Rob Crossan and Kate Monaghan.

Jul 11, 2013 • 55min
show 98: The new girl
This month: Cerebal palsy beer brings freshness to disability awareness. Sally Gardner, dyslexic author of Maggot Moon, talks about how she hates the word disability. Plus sex, relationships and safety for girls on the autistic spectrum. With Rob Crossan and Kate Monaghan.

May 2, 2013 • 49min
show 97: Can disabled people be powerful?
This month: The online list of disabled people with influence, good and bad graduation ceremony memories, an interview with paralysed fundraiser Claire Lomas and, on Liz Carr's last show, we hear some of her best bits.

Apr 4, 2013 • 45min
Ouch! show 96: Sledge hockey, stick men and welfare
We discuss how benefit cuts could affect the economy, how campaigning on social media can be unhealthy as well as positive and how to communicate by message cards if you fall over or don't want to talk. Also, what is Sledge Hockey? - our basic guide to the Winter Paralympics now one year away. Liz Carr and Rob Crossan present.

Mar 8, 2013 • 47min
Ouch! show 95: Things that make you go ouch!
In this show the chat ranges from Nazi anti-disability propaganda to benefit reform and the recent "disabled children should be put down" comments from a councillor. Features The Comedians with Disabilities Act, artist Liz Crow and Glasgow mum Laura Miller. liz Carr and Rob Crossan present.

Feb 7, 2013 • 42min
Ouch! show 94: Sex workers, Radio One MS reveal and Special Olympics
Was it tough for DJ Scott Mills's sidekick, Beccy, to reveal to Radio One listeners that she has MS? Are Special Olympics and Deaflympics overshadowed by Paralympic sport? And with The Sessions film and "brothel" therapy in the news, is disability and sex no longer taboo? Liz Carr and Rob Crossan present another lively show.

Jan 8, 2013 • 53min
Ouch! show 93: What cochlear implants hear...
This month: Is it helpful when celebs reveal they have mental health difficulties? Do you find it humiliating to receive disability benefits? And the personal story of William who had a cochlear implant fitted before Christmas and is now hearing the world in a new way. Rob Crossan and Kate Monaghan present.