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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Outrage at ableist ‘prejudice’
Thu 11 Apr 2024
Samantha Renke talks ableism after a podcast clip goes viral. And actress Ashley Storrie.
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Disability academic Tom Shakespeare: Why I've started writing novels with a disabled hero
Wed 3 Apr 2024
Emma Tracey talks all things disability - and novel writing - with Tom Shakespeare.
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Bradley Riches: autism, Celebrity Big Brother and me
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Bradley Riches: how I managed my autism in the Big Brother house.
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UK government questioned on commitment to disabled people’s rights
Wed 20 Mar 2024
UK government in front of UN on their commitment to disabled people
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What was in the budget for disabled people?
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Emma Tracey and guests ask what provision was in the spring budget for disabled people
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I can’t work without my ADHD meds
Wed 6 Mar 2024
People who’ve struggled to do their jobs during the ADHD medication crisis speak out.
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I’m a disabled student about to leave college, what next?
Mon 26 Feb 2024
National Star student, Laith, talks to Access All
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Bryony Gordon and the conjoined twin ‘warriors’
Mon 19 Feb 2024
Journalist Bryony Gordon talks about her new book, Mad Woman
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To holiday or not: Can Direct Payments be used for short breaks?
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Nathan saved his Direct Payments to pay for a break, but the council wants its money back
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Mollie from The Traitors
Mon 29 Jan 2024
The disabled star of the ѿý One reality show joins Emma in the studio
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Michael Owen: “I'd swap eyes with my son if I could”
Wed 24 Jan 2024
The former England striker and his son James, deteriorating sight and the game of futsal
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Drugs Shortage: Why Can’t I Get My Tablets?
Mon 22 Jan 2024
One of the UK’s top pharmacists explains all
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What’s the BSL sign for ‘Throuple’?
Mon 15 Jan 2024
How a collection of new signs were created to better reflect the LGBT community
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'I've lost thousands because of my ADHD'
Mon 8 Jan 2024
From lost glasses to misinterpreted credit card conditions...
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Best of Access All 2023
Wed 27 Dec 2023
Nikki and Emma look back at a year of interviews with disabled stars
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Climate Change: As seen by disabled people in peril
Tue 12 Dec 2023
Two disabled Pacific islanders on life as the sea rises
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The musical instrument you can play with your fingers, legs or eyes
Mon 4 Dec 2023
Designed for disabled people, the Clarion gets recognition for the skill needed to play it
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My first year as a disabled astronaut
Mon 27 Nov 2023
Paralympian turned spaceman John McFall tells us the story so far
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Who in the Whoniverse is Ruth Madeley?
Mon 20 Nov 2023
The actor on her adventures through space and time, in a wheelchair.
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The Harry Potter stuntman on his life-changing accident
Mon 13 Nov 2023
The Harry Potter stuntman David Holmes on his life-changing accident
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Power to the (Disabled) People
Mon 6 Nov 2023
A lawyer and a volunteer talk about the financial risks of pursuing a discrimination case
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Why vision impaired people struggle to pay by touchscreens
Fri 27 Oct 2023
Why paying with a card and a PIN is now less accessible for some people.
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Disability Hate Crime: What’s really going on?
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Incidents of disability hate crime fall, but why aren’t people happy about that?
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Minister for Disabled People talks to Access All
Thu 12 Oct 2023
From a chat with the Minister for Disabled People to Married at First Sight
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How do wheelchair users weigh themselves?
Thu 5 Oct 2023
When wheelchair users want to weigh themselves they have to first find accessible scales
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Are disabled people forgotten in climate disaster plans?
Tue 3 Oct 2023
How do we include disabled people in preparations for extreme weather events?
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Disability charity takes 'murderous' swipe at government
Thu 28 Sep 2023
The government's new awareness campaign faces backlash
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‘My worry is my care will be cut and I will end up in a care home’
Thu 21 Sep 2023
Bristol City Council consults on ending independent living for some disabled people
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