Access All: Disability News and Mental Health Podcast
Weekly podcast about mental health, wellbeing and disabled people.
Life stories and solutions with a friendly touch – for listeners around the world.
Episodes to download
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Ellie Simmonds: “Strictly gave me confidenceâ€
Fri 11 Nov 2022
Five-time Paralympic gold medal winner, Ellie Simmonds, talks Strictly
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‘How Taylor Swift helps me to tell the time’
Fri 4 Nov 2022
±«Óãtv Reporter Rose has dyscalculia, which means she has trouble making sense of numbers
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'I'm visually impaired, but cancer information wasn't accessible'
Fri 28 Oct 2022
The RNIB chair and her horror at being unable to access information for cancer treatment
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“People have turned off their fridges to save moneyâ€
Fri 21 Oct 2022
The impact of record inflation on disabled people
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From three carers to none
Thu 13 Oct 2022
Wheelchair user Natalie lost her entire care package because of rising fuel costs
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The mystery of the missing disability minister
Fri 7 Oct 2022
Super sleuths Nikki Fox and Emma Tracy, look at who the new disabilities minister might be
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Anne Hegerty: ‘Quizzing is easy, household tasks are the hard bit’
Fri 30 Sep 2022
Queen of quizzing, Anne Hegerty, on being autistic and dealing with vampires
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Family of six share a one-bed flat while new house is made accessible
Fri 16 Sep 2022
The council says it could be another 12 months before work is completed on the new home.
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'Wet wipes and dry shampoo get you a long way'
Fri 2 Sep 2022
Baroness Jane Campbell reveals her 'fear' about the lack of PAs working in the UK
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‘Half my income goes on energy bills’
Fri 26 Aug 2022
We look at some of the proposed solutions to the problem so far
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The summer catch-up
Fri 19 Aug 2022
Nikki and Emma play their favourite and unheard clips from the podcast so far
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Locked away in Ukraine’s orphanages
Fri 5 Aug 2022
Thousands of disabled people live in Ukraine's orphanages - but many aren't even orphans
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'My leg amputation was the best day of my life'
Fri 29 Jul 2022
Para-swimmer Alice Tai elected to have a below-knee amputation
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‘I was stuck in my flat for 12 days in the searing heat’
Fri 22 Jul 2022
Adam’s stuck in his flat for 12 days and attitudes towards disabled people revealed
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Staying cool in heatwave hell
Fri 15 Jul 2022
Disabled people reveal their top tips on getting through the UK heatwave.
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The actress and the stolen photos
Fri 8 Jul 2022
Actress Melissa Johns on reclaiming her body after nude photographs were leaked online
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'Dad had to carry me up stairs to the LGBT party'
Fri 1 Jul 2022
The realities of being a disabled LGBT student
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Hitting the mosh pit in my wheelchair
Fri 24 Jun 2022
Martin Dougan talks festivals, and Chris McCausland on being a blind spy
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"100 miles from home, no one could visit meâ€
Fri 17 Jun 2022
Nikki Fox talks to mental health patients sent 'out of area'
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Escape plan
Fri 27 May 2022
Fear after high rise fire evacuation plans are rejected by the government
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"It's happened again" - Frank Gardner left on a plane
Fri 20 May 2022
Left on a plane waiting for assistance, we ask why it keeps happening to wheelchair-users
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'I was scared the guide dog would be electrocuted by the live wire'
Fri 13 May 2022
The shocking stories of blind people falling off railway platforms
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Being gay and autistic at Eurovision
Fri 6 May 2022
Eurovision contestant Sheldon Riley says that being neurodivergent and LGBT "was toughâ€
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‘I used a hairdryer to warm my daughter’s feet’
Fri 29 Apr 2022
Nikki Fox meets the families making difficult energy decisions
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Ukraine War: 'I think of my wheelchair more than myself now'
Fri 18 Mar 2022
When escaping Ukraine, Tanya took her tyre pump instead of her favourite dress.
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The Power of Snow
Thu 10 Mar 2022
Many in ParaGB are injured military veterans – why is snow so good for rehab?
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The lowdown on being disabled in China
Thu 3 Mar 2022
The Winter Paralympics are in Beijing – here’s a lowdown on disabled life in China
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