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Emma Tracey speaks to the mother of a 35 year old woman with learning disabilities who has been living in a mental health facility “unnecessarily” for three years. She says that there is no reason for her to be living there and that it's due t
It's Access All's 100th edition! To mark the occasion we’ve provided a bumper episode – including an interview with Rose Ayling-Ellis talking about how she is changing the conversation around British Sign Language.Also on the show: A glimpse b
Disability activist and commentator Samantha Renke says the law on disability hate speech needs to be strengthened after a podcast discussion about dating someone in a wheelchair goes viral.Also on the show: Actress and comedian Ashley Storr
Tom Shakespeare is Access All presenter Emma Tracey's special guest for an Easter spectacular edition of the podcast.He talks about becoming a novelist for the first time in his 50s, and why he created a disabled character to be the hero of his
Heartstopper star Bradley Riches lifts the lid on how he coped with having autism as a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother. Also on the show: the inventor of a new dating app which he says is fully neuro-diverse friendly.The episode was made by
The UN in Geneva questions the UK government on its commitment to disabled people. We speak to two people who followed the proceedings - disability reporter Rachel Charlton-Dailey and Rensa Gaunt from Inclusion London, which campaigns for equal
In this episode, Emma Tracey gets reaction to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s spending plans from Fazilet Hadi of Disability Rights UK. Plus Stephen Kingdom from the Disabled Children’s Partnership on the Budget announcement that £105 million is to be
The ADHD medication shortage is still not over – and promises made by the main manufacturer and the government to fix the problem by April are being questioned.Drugs prescribed to help manage the condition – and one in particular, called Elvans
Emma Tracey speaks with 20-year-old disabled student Laith , who fought for a good accessible education at the National Star specialist college in Gloucestershire.He feels he's got education under his belt but for what? After college, will h
Journalist and mental health advocate, Bryony Gordon, joins Emma Tracey in the studio to talk about her new book, Mad Woman. It’s all about her OCD, alcohol addiction, binge eating, recoveries and relapses.Bryony dives deep into what she cal
Nathan Lee Davies had spent years carefully managing his Direct Payments to save up for a six-day short break to Florida. But when Nathan, who has a life-limiting condition, excitedly told Wrexham Borough County Council about his plans it decid
After being consulted on, the government's long-awaited Disability Action Plan is now out there.New Disability Minister Mims Davies says that it's one pillar of the government's overall work for disabled peple, and it'll transform lives.B
Mollie Pearce joins us to talk in-depth about those final moments in BBC One's hugely successful reality show, The Traitors.She was one of three disabled people in the cast of 22 who started but was the last disabled woman standing.Emma T
We've got an extra Access All podcast this week.Former England striker Michael Owen and his son James came into the Access All studio in London to talk about how James is losing his sight, their attitude towards it, and the inclusive footbal
Certain medications remain in short supply or out of stock across the UK, which pharmacists have described as a “life threatening” situation, but why is it happening?Community pharmacist and chair of the National Pharmacy Association, Nick K
Language about sexuality has exploded and, as a result, the LGBT sign language community has found themselves needing new signs to describe the ideasBritish people are talking about. We talk to Dr Patrick Rosenburg who helped come up with new
Impulse spending, losing glasses and misinterpreting conditions on credit cards can mean a great deal of unnecessary expense for people with ADHD. Withinthe community some refer to it as the "ADHD Tax". Rach Idowu from the Adulting with ADHD n
Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey present some of our favourite interviews from 2023.From celebs through to people with amazing stories that we've helped bring to the public's attention.At 41, Melanie, a disabled Australian woman, had never had s
Mims Davies is the new disability minister but she's in a lower ranked role than her predecessor with other duties to attend to. We speak to James Taylor, Scope's Director of Strategy, plus Caroline Nokes, MP, and Vicky Foxcroft, Labour’s shado
From fresh-water wells flooded by salty sea water, to avoiding inaccessible emergency shelters, we hear from Ari in Samoa and Melvina in the SolomonIslands about the impact climate change is having on their very exposed corner of the world.
Access All collaborates with BBC Radio 3 on an item about the Clarion, a musical instrument which can be played by anyone by anything - from fingers to Eyegaze technology. Our guests are Barry Farrimond-Chuong, the CEO of Open Up Music, who hel
We head to Cologne, Germany, where we catch-up with the man they dubbed the parastronaut - former Paralympian and surgeon John McFall. He was recruited by the European Space Agency one year ago to work out how space travel might be different fo
Actor Ruth Madeley plays wheelchair-using Shirley Anne Bingham in the first of three Doctor Who anniversary specials, with the first one kicking off onSaturday 25 November. Joining her is super-fan Tom Harries, known as Tharries on his YouTube
Harry Potter stuntman, David Holmes, opens up about his life-changing accident when he dislocated his spinal cord on the set of The Deathly Hallows Part 1, leading to paralysis. He also talks about his firm friendship with Harry Potter himself,
This week we look at the challenges and financial risks of using the Equality Act when it comes to transport services. Anna Lawson, professor of law atUniversity of Leeds, and Tim McSharry who volunteers with Access Use-Ability Group give us t
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