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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Festivals: 'It was just a complete nightmare from start to finish"
Fri 16 Jun 2023
Download Festival receives many complaints about access and safety
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It’s in your Best Interests to listen to this
Thu 8 Jun 2023
Writer Jack Thorne drops by to talk about TV drama Best Interests
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‘It was petrifying’: The family left on the side of the M1
Thu 1 Jun 2023
The Smart family’s car broke down, but no recovery service turned-up
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‘I hit the fire alarm and evacuated the airport’
Thu 18 May 2023
Rosie reveals how bipolar took over after a break-up with her boyfriend
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‘There weren't any ramps back in 1953’
Thu 4 May 2023
So many ways to access the Coronation, but not so many when it comes to planes
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The disabled woman who hired a sex worker
Thu 27 Apr 2023
Aged 43, Melanie booked an escort to experience sex for the first time
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Is ChatGPT a disability ally?
Thu 6 Apr 2023
The AI chatbot plays the disability card and tells a human it's 'visually impaired'
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'I haven't had a door on my bathroom for years'
Fri 31 Mar 2023
The dangers and discomfort of an inaccessible home
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TV’s Sophie Morgan’s “rage” over Blue Badge car theft
Fri 24 Mar 2023
Loose Women’s Sophie Morgan on how parking badges should go digital
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What’s happening with disability benefits?
Thu 16 Mar 2023
The disability minister speaks exclusively to AA about the Budget
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Goodbye Judy, and thank you
Fri 10 Mar 2023
Celebrating the remarkable life of disabled rights activist, Judith Heumann
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Strictly's Amy Dowden: "I was seen as a risk"
Fri 3 Mar 2023
Navigating the dance profession with Crohn's disease
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Comedian Rosie Jones on imposter syndrome and ableism
Fri 24 Feb 2023
The popular comedian talks about how you can’t hold yourself back
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When Access All took over Newscast
Fri 17 Feb 2023
Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey step into the Newscast studio
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ADHD and the trend of diagnosis by TikTok
Fri 10 Feb 2023
How a hashtag has helped and hindered people.
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'Wonderstruck': The author who learned to read again
Fri 3 Feb 2023
Author Thomas Leeds lost his memory in a road accident and had to learn to read again.
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Huw Edwards on depression: 'I'm not the least bit embarrassed'
Fri 27 Jan 2023
The News at Ten presenter on his own depression and TV news.
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Disabled people are up, carers are down
Fri 20 Jan 2023
The stats are in and there are fewer disabled people than expected
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GP: 'The whole NHS now is a big bin-fire'
Thu 12 Jan 2023
How the current health care crisis is affecting disabled people
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The people who train their own guide dogs
Fri 6 Jan 2023
With long waiting lists for guide dogs, we meet the people who train their own
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Access All Christmas Special - Best Bits of 2022
Fri 30 Dec 2022
Your favourite Access All podcast moments from 2022 in one place
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Access All Christmas Special – The Governess Anne Hegerty
Fri 23 Dec 2022
From ‘The Chase’ auditioning process to becoming a household name
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Mental health: The festive survival guide
Fri 16 Dec 2022
How to protect your mental health over the Christmas holidays.
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Look who’s audio describing you
Fri 9 Dec 2022
Nikki and Emma meet Georgina Rose, audio describer often heard on BBC TV
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The mystery of the missing disability minister… solved!
Fri 2 Dec 2022
Nikki and Emma meet the new Minister of State for Disabled People, Tom Pursglove
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One giant leap for disabled people?
Fri 25 Nov 2022
The European Space Agency announces the world’s first disabled astronaut – he’s a Brit!