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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 …
9 years, 2 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…
9 years, 2 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…
9 years, 2 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…
9 years, 2 months ago
Dr Hannah: 'I often get to emergencies first because of my speedy wheelchair'
Dr Hannah Barham-Brown made the news recently after revealing she couldn't afford the fairly modest £2,000 wheelchair she wanted but managed to raise…
9 years, 3 months ago
Growing up with disabled parents
Meet heavyweight boxer Joe Joyce who was born almost 30 years ago to his mum Marvel Opara, then a teenager with a visual impairment. The mother and s…
9 years, 3 months ago
The only MP who wears a t-shirt in parliament
Meet Jared O'Mara. He's the MP who knocked former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg off his Sheffield Hallam seat in the recent General Election.
It w…
9 years, 3 months ago
Alternatives to the job interview
Fewer than 6% of people with a learning disability have a job. Government figures show that disability employment rates are going up but Mencap says …
9 years, 3 months ago
Why one deaf man didn't vote until his 40s
The podcast this week dives into some of the stats and happenings around disability at the 2017 general election with two interesting guests.
[For a …
9 years, 3 months ago
When going blind is funny
Tom Skelton adds his bizarre sense of humour to the Ouch podcast and talks about his forthcoming Edinburgh Fringe show Blind Man's Bluff.
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9 years, 4 months ago