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PIP Consultation: Vouchers instead of money?
The government has published its consultation on changes to the Personal Independence Payment benefit, PIP. Emma Tracey asks Scope's Head of Policy J…
2 years, 5 months ago
Life in a mental health unit when you shouldn't be there
Emma Tracey speaks to the mother of a 35 year old woman with learning disabilities who has been living in a mental health facility “unnecessarily” fo…
2 years, 5 months ago
Access All’s 100th episode
It's Access All's 100th edition! To mark the occasion we’ve provided a bumper episode – including an interview with Rose Ayling-Ellis talking about h…
2 years, 5 months ago
Outrage at ableist ‘prejudice’
Disability activist and commentator Samantha Renke says the law on disability hate speech needs to be strengthened after a podcast discussion about d…
2 years, 5 months ago
Disability academic Tom Shakespeare: Why I've started writing novels with a disabled hero
Tom Shakespeare is Access All presenter Emma Tracey's special guest for an Easter spectacular edition of the podcast.
He talks about becoming a noveli…
2 years, 6 months ago
Bradley Riches: autism, Celebrity Big Brother and me
Heartstopper star Bradley Riches lifts the lid on how he coped with having autism as a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother.
Also on the show: the inv…
2 years, 6 months ago
UK government questioned on commitment to disabled people’s rights
The UN in Geneva questions the UK government on its commitment to disabled people. We speak to two people who followed the proceedings - disability r…
2 years, 6 months ago
What was in the budget for disabled people?
In this episode, Emma Tracey gets reaction to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s spending plans from Fazilet Hadi of Disability Rights UK. Plus Stephen Kingdom…
2 years, 6 months ago
I can’t work without my ADHD meds
The ADHD medication shortage is still not over – and promises made by the main manufacturer and the government to fix the problem by April are being …
2 years, 7 months ago
I’m a disabled student about to leave college, what next?
Emma Tracey speaks with 20-year-old disabled student Laith , who fought for a good accessible education at the National Star specialist college in Gl…
2 years, 7 months ago