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35 Years of Rights in the USA
It's 35 years this week since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) came into being. In the UK we waited a further five years until we got an equ…
10 months ago
Christine McGuinness: Why first dates can be a sensory nightmare
Presenter and model, Christine McGuinness, has thrown herself into dating for the first time since discovering she is neurodivergent. She reveals to …
10 months, 1 week ago
'An angry perpetual heckler in my head' - Robin Ince on having ADHD
Comedian Robin Ince speaks with Emma Tracey about his relatively new diagnosis of ADHD. He has written a book to try and help neurodivergent people…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Controversial benefits change passes Commons
After weeks of debate and political rebellion, proposed changes to the health element of Universal Credit have cleared the House of Commons.
The gover…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The 'not the welfare bill' episode
This week, the programme is about cute disabled kids, how attitudes to disabled people are different in New York, kettles, faces, headlines, hackatho…
11 months ago
Emergency episode: 'Bittersweet' welfare reform bill waved through
It's been a fast-moving day in the House of Commons as MPs voted to send the welfare bill on the next stage of its journey through parliament, but it…
11 months ago
Emergency episode: The welfare reform climb-down
Just after the clock struck midnight in Westminster all of the rumours and rumblings around the government's welfare reform plans to save £5bn came t…
11 months, 1 week ago
What's the secret to a happy ADHD child?
Financial journalist and author Jessie Hewitson was amused when her five-year-old came home from school and declared he has DHD. She thought he'd som…
11 months, 1 week ago
What can disabled people get away with?
From benefits to AI, Emma Tracey looks through the headlines with BBC tech reporter Paul Carter, as well as sharing a few unexpected stories from the…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Q&A: The welfare reform bill is out, what does it say?
The much-awaited government bill introducing benefits changes has been published today and officially introduced to parliament, kicking off the proce…
11 months, 2 weeks ago