Podcast Episodes

"We met and fell in love at a mental health unit"

For most people, a mental health unit is the last place they’d expect to find love.

But Hannah and Sean’s love story began at The Cassel Hospital in L…

7 hours ago

Richard Osman on his latest novel and why the world is blurry to him

Bestselling author and TV presenter, Richard Osman, is visually impaired due to the eye condition, nystagmus, and, as a result he tells Access All, “…

4 weeks ago

“It was like being drunk”: KT Tunstall on hearing loss and vertigo

International hit-maker KT Tunstall wasn't sure what to do when she woke-up mid-tour to discover she had lost her hearing and had vertigo. Soon after…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Have we found the most accessible festival in the country?

Festival season is upon us and the access offerings at some mainstream events could be about to get better after one of the big providers was served …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

"I had to give up my job": How accessible is the court system?

When Vikki Walton-Cole became a wheelchair-user she had to quit her job as a social worker because the courts she worked in were no longer accessible…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Professor Green: “I wanted to cuddle little me”

(At 05:19) Rapper Professor Green, real name Stephen Manderson, has long been open about his mental health difficulties and has joined up with the Br…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Motability to give black box monitors to under 30s

From 13 April, Motability customers who start a new lease, including drivers under 30, will get weekly traffic light scores via a black box, like tho…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Why isn't ice skating in the Paralympics?

The biggest sporting event of the year is here - the Winter Paralympics! (The Olympics was just the warm-up).

We hear from the BBC's Sally Hurst who's…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Access To Work slowdown is putting jobs at risk for disabled people

Disabled people are waiting up to 30 weeks for a decision on whether they'll get a grant to support them at work and wait times are getting longer. W…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

The "heartbreaking" decision on the stalled sign language GCSE

There were celebrations last year when a GCSE in British Sign Language was approved...but a few months have passed and no accredited exam board has t…

8 months, 2 weeks ago