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Gay and disabled
Being part of the male gay scene can be tricky when you “wobble and spasm like I do” says Robert Softley Gale.
The actor with cerebral palsy says ther…
8 years, 8 months ago
Behind bars with a mental illness
Ria found herself in prison after she set light to her home when she was in it.
She had been suffering from psychosis brought on by distress at the de…
8 years, 8 months ago
Love, sex and cotton buds (replay)
Warning: this programme contains discussion of a sexual nature.
Disabled writer and performer Penny Pepper join the team this week. (see Related Link…
8 years, 8 months ago
The woman who experiences pain as red and rectangular
The playwright who experiences pain as sounds and pictures, Tourettes Hero Jess Thom on performing Beckett’s play Not I, the comedian with cerebral p…
8 years, 9 months ago
Drunk people ask the most awkward questions
Lost Voice Guy uses an iPad to speak and has become an expert handler of awkward questions as a result.
“Can you really not talk?” and “have you ever …
8 years, 9 months ago
Storytelling Live: Tales of the Misunderstood
Awkward! This week’s podcast, the first of two recorded live in Scotland, is all about a badly timed dislocation, a wheelchair user who stunned a nun…
8 years, 9 months ago
Rationing energy - and other chronic illness life hacks
No doctors, no charities, no family members - just a frank conversation between two women with chronic illness, about navigating life when energy is …
8 years, 9 months ago
Gin, sushi and disability
With stories of running away to Skegness aged 14 and the culture-clash of going from a council estate to Cambridge University, it’s fair to say Allan…
8 years, 10 months ago
“I saw you on stage, you’re definitely bipolar”
Comedian John Scott was labelled schizophrenic for five years before he ended up in crisis in hospital and face-to-face with the psychologists who ha…
8 years, 10 months ago
What happens to my disabled son when I die?
Mark Neary’s recurring nightmare is that six months after his own death, son Steven who has autism and learning disabilities will end up in a residen…
8 years, 10 months ago