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'My Doctor refused to treat me if I went for gold'
Ali Jawad was told the night before an operation that he should prepare his friends and family for the worst - he might not wake up again.
The powerli…
8 years, 3 months ago
The disabled comedian who turned down Britain's Got Talent
After Lost Voice Guy won Britain’s Got Talent, Rosie Jones, another comedian with cerebral palsy, tells this week’s Ouch podcast how she was approach…
8 years, 4 months ago
Tell your story at Edinburgh Fringe
Everyone has a story to tell and this could be your chance to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on the BBC’s main stage. BBC Ouch is presenti…
8 years, 4 months ago
Tell your story at Edinburgh Fringe
Everyone has a story to tell and this could be your chance to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on the BBC’s main stage.
BBC Ouch is presentin…
8 years, 4 months ago
How do you learn trapeze if you’re blind?
Amelia Cavallo has mastered the art of aerial performance on silks and the trapeze at great heights above the floor. As someone who is registered b…
8 years, 4 months ago
Bibliotherapy: A novel take on mental health
Reading is often one of the first things to go when you're busy - your bag's already full and you've got your phone to play with - but could picking …
8 years, 4 months ago
Turning to snow to meet my mother
Tatyana McFadden was born in Russia with spina bifida - a deformity of the spine - and placed in a Russian orphanage.
Aged six she was adopted by an …
8 years, 5 months ago
Life in the dark shadow of Mini-Me
Verne Troyer played Mini-Me in the Austin Powers films. Following his recent death, fellow short person Eugene Grant says the character normalised vi…
8 years, 5 months ago
From Russian orphan to Team USA
Tatyana McFadden was born in Russia with spina bifida - a deformity of the spine - and placed in Orphanage Three, Saint Petersburg.
But at the age of …
8 years, 5 months ago
Hellblade: Psychosis story ‘mirrored mine’
The game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice has won many awards and fans for its story and the way it depicts psychosis.
It follows Nordic warrior, Senua, o…
8 years, 5 months ago