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The Mental Health Act and Me
The government has finally released its recommendations on how to modernise the Mental Health Act. The act is used to detain - section - someone if…
5 years, 4 months ago
Parenting in a pandemic, with a learning disability
Learning disabled actress Donna Lavin has played the lead role in the hugely successful BBC Radio Four drama The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles for ten se…
5 years, 4 months ago
Mentally interesting: Loss
Meet Mark and Seaneen, the duo who talk about the awkward stuff so you don’t have to. Seaneen Molloy lives in Belfast. She only really leaves the h…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Ouch Quizmas Special 2020
This year’s Ouch Christmas quiz features some very topical dilemmas and questions based on the biggest disability news and events of 2020. Actor Ma…
5 years, 5 months ago
‘I need to remind myself to talk to people’
The first week of November saw the clocks go back and the highest levels of loneliness since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to the Office …
5 years, 6 months ago
‘Well Defined Chaos’
The 1800 Seconds on Autism podcast is back by popular demand. Here’s the first episode, which is based on listener emails. Presenter Jamie's assist…
5 years, 6 months ago
The DDA and Me
On the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act, BBC News Correspondent Nikki Fox asks three generations of disabled people about the im…
5 years, 6 months ago
CripTales: Thunderbox
It's 1968 and Sue is in the toilet at a pop festival. Abortion, which has just been legalised, provides a moment of liberation. But for wheelchair us…
5 years, 6 months ago
CripTales: The Real Deal
In this monologue starring Liz Carr, Meg thinks her neighbour is a benefits cheat. She is compiling details about him in order to shop him for fraud.…
5 years, 6 months ago
CripTales: Audition
In this monologue from the series CripTales, disabled actor Mat Fraser sits in the waiting room before an audition, dreading how it will turn out. He…
5 years, 7 months ago