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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Why fat guide dogs can be taken away
Wed 2 Oct 2019
The unforeseen consequences when a guide dog visits the vet
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Jellyballs (Storytelling live part 2)
Fri 20 Sep 2019
Joe Wells on the one time that eye contact was OK for him
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This love story between two comedians with cerebral palsy will melt your heart
Thu 12 Sep 2019
The best eavesdrop on a conversation you'll hear all week
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Dear Janine - Please can I borrow your nipples?
Fri 30 Aug 2019
The lost battery which nearly sparked a terror alert to the woman who's lost her nipples.
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Dear Mr Dead Head
Sat 24 Aug 2019
We chat to Elektric Apple – the theatre company where everyone has a learning disability.
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The boffins who solve disability problems
Fri 26 Jul 2019
From supportive body suits to a beeping football - what gadget do you need?
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Trust me, I’m a disabled doctor
Thu 6 Jun 2019
Limb loss, dyslexia and mental health difficulties - and that's just the medical staff.
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'We bought a pub for our 12-year-old son'
Fri 24 May 2019
Ben, 12, uses a wheelchair - he also loves live music, so his parents bought him a pub.
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The rising stars of Eurovision who pulled out of the final
Thu 16 May 2019
Why did The Shalva Band, a group of disabled musicians from Israel, quit Eurovision?
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The challenge of being a teacher with Tourette's
Fri 10 May 2019
Natalie is a primary school teacher and also has Tourette's syndrome.
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'I realised not everyone has to be a Paralympian'
Thu 2 May 2019
Artists Jackie Hagan and Conor A join ±«Óãtv Ouch at the I'm Here, Where Are You? festival
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What’s the beef with McDonald’s paper straws?
Fri 26 Apr 2019
Getting rid of plastic straws is a simple way to reduce waste...unless you rely on them
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Sex, with these hips?
Wed 17 Apr 2019
Ever been lost in the moment only to realise your hips are about to dislocate?
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The artist who believes he’s a zombie
Thu 4 Apr 2019
Martin O'Brien has lived beyond two life expectancy points and now calls himself a zombie
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Deaf Poets Society (Repeat)
Fri 29 Mar 2019
Deaf poet Raymond Antrobus, winner of a Ted Hughes Poetry prize, talks to ±«Óãtv Ouch.
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This disabled comedian is a Jerk
Fri 15 Mar 2019
American comedian Tim Renkow reveals all about his new TV series - Jerk.
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The gig emergency that made music accessible
Tue 12 Mar 2019
Suzanne Bull reveals how an accident at a music festival led to a Queen’s Birthday honour
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Disabled People Are Hot
Mon 25 Feb 2019
Why has the hashtag #DisabledPeopleAreHot suddenly gone viral?
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My daughter has my disability and that’s OK
Fri 15 Feb 2019
Actor Jack Binstead knew there was a chance Daisy would have brittle bones like him
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Why the hashtag #ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow went viral
Fri 25 Jan 2019
Why the hashtag #ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow resonates with some and gets others thinking.
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'I will drop you in awkwardness'
Fri 18 Jan 2019
The disabled person's sassy guide to surviving annoying encounters
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‘I slid down the banisters and fell on my head’
Fri 11 Jan 2019
Thriller writer Liz Nugent on the legacy of a childhood accident and her bestsellers.
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Christmas repeat: The date saboteur and the make-up store terror
Fri 4 Jan 2019
A 15-hour escape from a wedding and facing a department store with depression.
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Christmas repeat: Passionately kissing your ‘mum’ to prove a point
Fri 28 Dec 2018
A passionate kiss with 'Mum' and an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction
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The dilemmas of Quizmas
Fri 21 Dec 2018
Frank Gardner, Gary O’Donoghue and Touretteshero play a game of disability dilemmas.
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'I pushed Kelly Fletcher off the stool'
Mon 17 Dec 2018
Christmas roundtable special with pianist Derek Paravacini and YouTube star Lucy Edwards
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Stories about pooing in a bag
Wed 5 Dec 2018
Three people shoot the breeze about using their stoma bag
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'Disabled people make the best entrepreneurs'
Fri 23 Nov 2018
Chocolate art, music making and a clever solution for frequent flyers using wheelchairs.
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“We made conversation while my daughter licked the pavementâ€
Thu 15 Nov 2018
Why I wrote a sitcom about life with my learning-disabled daughter.
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