Podcast Episodes

I Need to Sit Down

Transport for London are trialing a badge which asks travellers to give their seats to passengers with invisible mobility impairments. Alan Benson fr…

10 years, 1 month ago

Jack Carroll: 'I'm not properly disabled'

The 17-year-old comedian with cerebral palsy talks to Emma about politics, osteopathy and his time on Britain's Got Talent.

10 years, 1 month ago

The One-Legged Man Show

Nils Bergstrand lost his leg when he was shot in a pub in Thailand ten years ago. From his experiences he says he has "made the show he would have wa…

10 years, 1 month ago

"You couldn't make it up"

Two comedians at this years Edinburgh Fringe have shows about being blind.

Jamie MacDonald is gradually going blind whereas Georgie Morrell lost her …

10 years, 1 month ago

Are puppets disabled?

What do puppets and disabled people have in common? Quite a lot as it happens. In a play about a two-foot-tall cloth puppet Fred, threatened cuts to …

10 years, 2 months ago

Skydiving for benefits - archive

Mat Fraser and Kiruna Stamell cheekily read through a benefits application form. And Kiruna talks about a tandem skydive she recently did. Funny and …

10 years, 2 months ago

Bedside Manner

What might help disabled people’s hospital stays go more smoothly? You'll find a transcript in the related links section.

Stacy is blind and in kidney…

10 years, 2 months ago

Diabetic like the PM

Prime minister May has had type one diabetes since 2013 and, as such, a more complicated lifestyle in order to maintain her good health. A full trans…

10 years, 2 months ago

Access all Pokemon

Some of the creatures in the new mobile online gaming phenomenon Pokemon Go are not accessible if you're mobility impaired. But on the flip side of a…

10 years, 3 months ago

Driverless and sightless

Blind, visually impaired and other disabled people could benefit hugely from the new breed of automated cars that we hear such a lot about. But will …

10 years, 3 months ago