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'My brain injury turned me into a teenager'
Dave Mercer had been married three years when a brain injury changed everything.
‘Is that all you’re having?’
Podcast: Why office treats and commenting on people’s lunch choices can be unhelpful
Deaf Poets Society
Poet Raymond Antrobus on playground taunts, deaf identity and what sounds he can hear
To Switzerland or not
Mental health, MS, and private Facebook groups for disabled people.
When going blind is funny
Comedian Tom Skelton turns his personal sight loss story into a show
Why one deaf man didn't vote until his 40s
Plus, parliaments disabled MPs and how hashtag #CripTheVoteUK performed.
Alternatives to the job interview
The chief exec of Mencap on how more people with learning disabilities could be working
The only MP who wears a t-shirt in parliament
Meet Jared O'Mara, the only male MP who doesn't have to wear formal shirts in the Commons
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Two grown-up kids who have a different kind of independence
Dr Hannah: 'I often get to emergencies first because of my speedy wheelchair'
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What happens to my disabled son when I die?
Mark hopes his 'death plan' will keep son Steven out of an institution
“I saw you on stage, you’re definitely bipolar”
When psychologists watched a comedian perform they ended up diagnosing him with bipolar.
Gin, sushi and disability
The visually impaired refugee with a world class degree and a gin and sushi habit.
Rationing energy - and other chronic illness life hacks
Tips for managing day-to-day life with pain, fatigue and limited energy.
Storytelling Live: Tales of the Misunderstood
A badly timed dislocation and the wheelchair who stunned a praying nun by walking.
Drunk people ask the most awkward questions
Lost Voice Guy uses an iPad to speak and is an expert handler of awkward questions.
The woman who experiences pain as red and rectangular
Rachel reveals how she can see and hear her own pain
Love, sex and cotton buds (replay)
How one girl learnt about the birds and the bees at a boarding school for disabled kids
Behind bars with a mental illness
Ria set light to her house when she was in it, and found herself in custody
Gay and disabled
The gay scene can be inaccessible for someone who “wobbles and spasms”.
Why I shouldn't meet others with cystic fibrosis
Charles, 22, sings about life with the condition
Can 'sex robots' help disabled people?
From "sex robots" to gaming and sign language - disabled people get creative.
'I'm wearing a tight T-shirt so I know where I end'
Listen to our Autism Takeover show with Robyn, Jamie and Lion
Do blind people care about colour?
A light hearted look at what colour means, or doesn’t mean, to blind people
Who is Jared O'Mara?
The Labour Party has suspended MP Jared O'Mara, but who is he?
'I knew that going deaf would kill me'
America’s Got Talent deaf contestant Mandy Harvey reveals her battle to sing again.
ME - The movie
Jennifer Brea has ME, and says her 'battery' is only ever 40% full.
The Robyn, Jamie and Lion Show: Obsession
The two hosts discuss their own 'special interests' as adults on the autistic spectrum
Let's replace disability with letters like LGBT (repeat)
If you replaced the D-word with an acronym, what would it be?
'Nothing feels real a third of the time'
How Borderline personality disorder affects Chris and why he wants to raise awareness.
The Curious Case of Miss Fanny Fust
The young learning disabled woman in 1787 who was forced to marry a man for her fortune.
