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'We bought a pub for our 12-year-old son'
In a week where a tweet about a London pub went viral after a member of staff told a customer “we don’t serve disabled people”, meet the Mathies.
Ben…
7 years, 4 months ago
The rising stars of Eurovision who pulled out of the final
The Shalva Band were favourites to represent host country Israel at Eurovision but pulled out when the dress rehearsal was scheduled for Friday - the…
7 years, 4 months ago
The challenge of being a teacher with Tourette's
Natalie Pearson is a primary school teacher and one of a few in the world to also have Tourette's syndrome.
Tourettes causes her to swear, sometimes i…
7 years, 5 months ago
'I realised not everyone has to be a Paralympian'
From being a working class disabled person to waiting for that brown envelope to arrive for your benefits reassessment. This show, recorded in front …
7 years, 5 months ago
What’s the beef with McDonald’s paper straws?
Getting rid of single-use straws is a simple way to reduce plastic waste...unless you're one of the thousands of disabled people who rely on them eve…
7 years, 5 months ago
Sex, with these hips?
Have you ever been lost in a passionate moment only to realise your hips are about to dislocate?
Well, Xandra Lee has been in that precarious place m…
7 years, 5 months ago
The artist who believes he’s a zombie
Martin O'Brien has lived beyond his life expectancy twice - first at the age of five, and then again at 30. He was born with the life-limiting diseas…
7 years, 6 months ago
Deaf Poets Society (Repeat)
London poet Raymond Antrobus was thought to be dyslexic with severe learning disabilities, until his deafness was discovered at the age of six - thi…
7 years, 6 months ago
This disabled comedian is a Jerk
After years on the circuit, American comedian Tim Renkow has just released his first TV series - Jerk.
The BBC Three show follows a "heightened" versi…
7 years, 6 months ago
The gig emergency that made music accessible
Suzanne Bull loves live music. But after several accidents, including getting crushed at a gig, she wanted to challenge venues that weren’t accessibl…
7 years, 6 months ago