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That white cane ban story
Lily-Grace Hooper, 7, was told by her school that she can't use her white cane
10 years, 10 months ago
Tangles with trains
What's it like to step off a station platform into thin air, instead of on to a train? Three blind journalists tell their tales of travelling on trai…
10 years, 10 months ago
Choices and rights: The story of the Disability Discrimination Act
This month marks the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the first disability anti-discrimination law in the UK. It's a time to look back at the dis…
10 years, 11 months ago
Are disability related Halloween costumes offensive?
It’s Halloween and disability related costumes are doing the rounds. Is it offensive to dress up as a mental patient, Oscar Pistorius, or a blind ste…
10 years, 11 months ago
How do blind people interpret emojis?
Apple has released 150 brand new emojis. The internet is becoming increasingly visual but how do blind people experience these graphics, and is digit…
10 years, 11 months ago
The disabled man who held a stranger's hand on a bus
This week a picture of a disabled man hugging a stranger on a bus went viral. The man sat with Robert, who is deaf and has cerebral palsy, for a half…
10 years, 11 months ago
Brothers, sisters and disability
Kate Monaghan and Simon Minty delve in to the complex, and sometimes difficult, area of relationships between disabled and non-disabled siblings. The…
11 years ago
I was not meant to be able-bodied
A woman in America has chosen to go blind. We discuss.
11 years ago
John Lennon mocking disabled people causes a stir
Footage of John Lennon mocking people with learning disabilities has caused a stir online, was it offensive or just of its time?
11 years ago
"You don't look disabled"
MP for Elmet & Rothwell Alec Shelbrooke was said to have been "resting his eyes" during a debate in parliament this week. Shelbrooke is partially dea…
11 years ago