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'Disabled people make the best entrepreneurs'
Why does self-employment often suit disabled people better than the nine to five?
Three winners of this year’s Stelios Award describe their businesses…
7 years, 10 months ago
“We made conversation while my daughter licked the pavement”
There She Goes, a BBC Four comedy series about raising a learning-disabled child, has just ended. In this week’s Ouch podcast, the man who wrote it, …
7 years, 10 months ago
Bake Off Briony’s kitchen hacks and Kitch the rapper
The Great British Bake Off contestant Briony Williams has a missing left hand but some viewers didn’t spot it until episode three. How did she get by…
7 years, 11 months ago
What happens when the beat drops?
Beatboxing has long been associated with the hip hop world. But creating beats is not only a form of self-expression; it could help to unlock the ful…
7 years, 11 months ago
‘Be my friend because we’re both disabled mums’
Returning to work after maternity leave can be a daunting experience - especially if you have a disability. So, with Emma Tracey back at Ouch HQ, wha…
7 years, 11 months ago
'Alex Jones will kill me if I tell you...'
It's been a week of triumph and celebration at the Invictus Games in Australia as 500 servicemen and women competed on the sports field.
But for one c…
7 years, 11 months ago
‘How a plan to reveal my new boyfriend ended with a fractured spine’
Bethany Hickton was about to reveal her new boyfriend to a friend, when she slipped down a marble staircase and fractured her spine. She had just st…
7 years, 11 months ago
'You can't go there, you're disabled'
The comedian Tanyalee Davis, who recently gained attention on social media after an incident involving her mobility scooter and an unhappy train guar…
8 years ago
Making sign language more beautiful
Just like the spoken word, you can make sign language more meaningful by altering your moves to create something more touching or, the opposite, dist…
8 years ago
"Echoes put me off": How blind people choose a new home
Lee Kumutat is blind and moving home. So, if she can't choose what decor she likes, or the look of the building, what choices does she make and why? …
8 years ago