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Presenter Paul Carter is joined by business coach Robin Hindle-Fisher and disability consultant Phil Friend. They discuss unexpected positive consequences from an examination of the extra costs disabled people face which was carried out by Scope, the charity which funds Disability Now. Also on the agenda some research from Nottingham University’s business school which suggests …
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In the latest conversation in our Head-To-Head podcast series, Ian Macrae meets Baroness Campbell of Surbiton. She talks about her suburban childhood and poor early schooling, the death of her first husband and its impact on her disability politics, her hopes for Teresa May’s government and how members of the House of Lords react to …
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Lawyer Raquel Siganporia, disability consultant Maria Zedda and actor, writer and feminist Athena Stevens join Paul Carter. They discuss defining ourselves as disabled, life beyond the Paralympic circus and feminism and disabled women. Producer Ian Macrae. Check out this episode! Download the transcript of October’s podcast
Ahead of the opening of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, here’s another chance to hear Paul Carter’s interview at the end of last year with multi-world record holder and World, European and Paralympic sprint champion Hannah Cockroft. Download this podcast
Kicking off Disability Now’s Paralympic season is this interview with T42 sprinter Julie Rogers. At 17 she’s competing in the 100 metres in Rio but this is not her first Paralympic Games. In 2012 at the age of 13 she was a member of Britain’s seated volleyball team at the London games. She talks to …
Ian Macrae sits in for regular host Paul Carter and is joined by guests Mik Scarlet, Jane Hatton and performance poet Callum Brazzo who presents one of his poems towards the end of the show. Also under discussion, the woes of disabled flyers and a company which aims to bring together disabled job seekers and …
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Guests Lisa Egan, David Hevey and Michael McGrath join presenter Paul Carter to discuss problems with paying PAs redundancy, the recently launched National Disability Arts Collection and Archive celebrating the battle for disability rights and why some people positively want to inspire others. Producer Ian Macrae http://traffic.libsyn.com/disabilitynowthedownload/The_Download_July_2016.mp3 Download the audio The Download July 2016 transcript
The guest on this episode of The Download: Head to Head, the extended interview series from Disability Now, is Frank Gardner, Security Correspondent at the BBC. Frank’s new novel, Crisis, is available from Amazon now. http://traffic.libsyn.com/disabilitynowthedownload/The_Download_Head_to_Head_Frank_Gardner.mp3
In this episode of The Download from Disability Now Paul Carter talks to entrepreneur and consultant Geoff Adams-Spink and writer and activist Penny Pepper. They discuss the impact of the National Living Wage on the cost of care, how to become a disabled secret shopper and the film Me Before You which has seen disabled people …
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In this edition of Disability Now’s discussion show The Download, we find out what the current hot storyline in Radio 4’s The Archers has to do with disabled people. Does being disabled and LGBT mean you fight a battle on two fronts? And what benefits can be derived from de-cluttering your life? Presenter Paul Carter …
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