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The lowdown on being disabled in Japan
The world's eyes are on Tokyo with the Paralympic Games taking place - but what's it like to live in Japan if you're disabled? Mizuki Hsu grew up i…
4 years, 9 months ago
‘A love letter to people with disabilities’
With just days to go before the Tokyo Paralympics, an international campaign called WeThe15 has been launched to improve the lives of the 1.2bn disab…
4 years, 9 months ago
“I backed into the wall at 200mph”
Indy car driver Sam Schmidt was paralysed from the shoulders down when he reversed into a wall at 200 miles an hour.
This summer, and more than 20 yea…
4 years, 9 months ago
How do you make the Love Island villa accessible?
Love Island is in full swing and this year it featured its first ever physically disabled contestant. Hugo Hammond, who has just been dumped, is a 24…
4 years, 9 months ago
'I've lost all of the independence I worked so hard for'
The end of lockdown is nigh for many of us! Legal restrictions on mask wearing and social distancing in England are going, the other nations are taki…
4 years, 10 months ago
‘My harassment got worse when I picked up my white cane’
Warning: This podcast discusses sexual harassment and assault, so there is occasionally some graphic content. When Dr Amy Kavanagh started using a…
4 years, 11 months ago
Do we really want to start hugging again?
Kate Monaghan has a painful energy-zapping condition, her wife Holly is on immuno-suppressants and they have two small children. Adjusting to the wor…
4 years, 11 months ago
Mentally Interesting: ‘I don’t get a holiday from myself’
As Covid restrictions ease in the UK, our presenters share their mental health travel stories. Why is Seaneen banned from using one of the budget a…
5 years ago
‘I was told I was a curse on my family’
Warning: This podcast discusses domestic abuse and sexual violence with occasional graphic content. Ebere* was 31 when she finally fled Nigeria for…
5 years ago
‘I wasn’t allowed to look out of the window’
Warning: This podcast discusses domestic abuse with occasional graphic content.
Emma Dalmayne was just 17-years-old when she fled her abusive partner…
5 years, 1 month ago