

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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Feb 5, 2009 • 55min
Podcast 36 05 Feb 09
Hollyoaks' new star, Kelly-Marie Stewart, joins Mat and Liz to chat about making her debut in the Channel 4 soap as a very feisty disabled character; Rob Crossan has his take on the disability news stories of the past month; Veg, Veg or Veg goes bilingual; and music comes from Australian pan-disability indie band, Rudely Interrupted. Plus, discussions on everything from wheelchair servicing to hulk hands.

Jan 9, 2009 • 51min
Podcast 35 09 Jan 09
Thalidomider Sue Kent massages one of the team, with her feet. Rob Crossan breezes in with his slant on disability news, plus, being a travel writer with albinism, he expresses concern about a spate of killings in Africa of people with the condition. Hosts Mat Frazer and Liz Carr dive into the new year discussing presents, resolutions, ill-fitting slippers, the New Year Honours list and the possibility that disabled people have super powers. The presenters' disability knowledge is stretched to the limit with this month's Veg, Veg or Veg. A cracking January podcast.

Dec 4, 2008 • 57min
Podcast 34 04 Dec 08
Featuring the Christmas party quiz, Luke Hamill (that new disabled actor in Casualty), why Santa's dad was disabled, some far too open and honest discussion, plus a carol from the students at a blind school. Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present. Razor sharp disability chat like no one else would even want to ...

Nov 6, 2008 • 1h 3min
Podcast 33 06 Nov 08
Meet the 16 year-old disabled actor who plays Walter Jnr in gritty US TV drama 'Breaking Bad'. Big Brother's Mikey reviews the disability stories in this months' news. Krip Hop radio presenters leroy and Vivegurl join us to talk about their new internet show ... and discussions range from Halloween parties to assisted suicide and whether disabled people ever get 'chugged'. Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present.

Oct 7, 2008 • 1h 2min
Podcast 32 07 Oct 08
Big Brother housemates Mikey and Darnell join Mat and Liz for October's show. What did the other contestants think of the disabled twosome? There's pure punk magic as learning disabled band Heavy Load play live in the studio, Rob Crossan provides his unique take on this month's disability news - and you won't believe what happens during Vegetable, Vegetable or Vegetable!

Sep 11, 2008 • 55min
Podcast 31 11 Sep 08
Schooldays, getting stared at, guerilla parking bay wardens and dead assistance dogs. Your monthly podcast continues with those all important daily disability themes (!) Liz Carr and Kiruna Stamell present.

Aug 7, 2008 • 59min
Podcast 30 07 Aug 08
Delicate conversation on sex and personal hygiene, an interview with stars from a new learning disability soap on the web, hot disability news from Rob Crossan, and our new quiz Disability Wars pits impairment against impairment to find out who's best. Lots more too, with presenters Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.

Jul 3, 2008 • 60min
Podcast 29 03 Jul 08
Studio guests are Britain's Top Missing Model judge Lara Masters, and the first eliminated contestant, Rebecca, talking about the BBC Three show featuring eight disabled women whose goal is to make it in the glamorous world of modelling. There are two visually impaired contestants on this year's Big Brother - Mat and Liz discuss this breakthrough with one of housemate Mikey's colleagues. Plus: video games, disabled voters in Zimbabwe, and inaccessible places where everyone else is having fun around you. Music, quiz and more as Liz Carr returns to present the show alongside Mat Fraser.

Jun 5, 2008 • 1h 2min
Podcast 28 05 Jun 08
Presented by Kiruna Stamell and Mat Fraser. Changing the rules of disability talk, this month Kiruna tries to work out why she was refused Disability Living Allowance by going through the forms on air for all to hear. Playwright Donna Franceschild talks about the DVD release of her '90s BBC2 drama Takin' Over the Asylum. Opinionated news from Rob Crossan and a Vegetable, Vegetable or Vegetable contestant who isn't disabled! Huh? Find out how that'll work by downloading the show now.

May 8, 2008 • 55min
Podcast 27 08 May 08
We're in New York City! Presenters Mat Fraser and Liz Carr meet the astonishingly upfront and funny How's Your News? crew - a group of learning disabled road-trippers currently filming a new show for MTV - and disabled New Yorker Lawrence Carter-Long is in the studio to talk about accessible New York, the big disability protest in Washington in early May, and more. Plus, hear Mat performing in the Coney Island freak show: what does co-host Liz think of him now? Fast-paced, funny and frank this month. Give it a listen.