So lovely to finally meet the brilliant BBC Access All team and chat with Emma Tracey in-person this morning rather than Zooming, especially in such a lovely cosy studio 🥰💜

Hello and thanks for all the birthday wishes! I’m fighting off low mood but it could definitely be worse. I’ve just had my toenails painted iridescent pink and I’m having a drink in a cafe. Getting picked up and taken out for lunch in an hour. Wish I felt more joyful, but hey

'Certain words, for example 'elephant', 'colourful' and 'I love you' have exactly the same lip pattern'

Lipreading is way harder than it looks, according to Rose Ayling-Ellis

She tells us why making BSL accessible everywhere is so important
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'It's nice to be awarded because it does show that people do understand, and I don't need to verbally state everything'

Deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis tells us how theatre is making space for British Sign Language

Listen to our 100th episode now!
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For our 100th episode we asked some disabled celebs to share the best advice they've had from another disabled person.

Here's one from Mik Scarlet!

You can hear more on our latest episode

Do I know anyone on here with some expertise in Exam Access Arrangements (extra time and the like) and how best to apply for them? For an item on a BBC Podcast! #SEND #senco #disabilitytwitter #education

Our 100th episode is officially live! 🥳

We’re so excited to chat to Deaf star Rose Ayling-Ellis

Plus, we take you behind the scenes at Access All HQ… and reveal exactly how we put the podcast together

Listen now:

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“Being an underdog is a very comfortable place” Autistic comedian Ashley Storrie on the pressure of going mainstream

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Victoria is the UK's first blind ambassador, she spoke to me about her career and what she's most looking forward to.
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What incredible, inspiring lives conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell led
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This week I had the privilege of being interviewed for BBC Access All to discuss some of the horrendous ableism we all too often see online. Why isn’t ableism taken as seriously as other hate crimes / hate speech?

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A UN special adviser asks the UK to respond to claims that “reforms within social welfare benefits are premised on a notion that disabled people are undeserving and defrauding the system” bit.ly/3x1Pdyy

Was a pleasure to work closely with BBC Access All on the story around the UN holding the uk gov to account for their treatment of disabled people and of course to record with Emma Tracey and Rensa Gaunt of Inclusion London #CRDP24 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

In case you didn’t know… 😊 Gogglebox is tonight. If you’re busy, we can catch up on All 4 when you’re ready. Hope you have a good weekend. #Gogglebox 📺

Our latest podcast is here! Youtube sensation Madison Tevlin proves Downs Syndrome is her least interesting trait; Don Biswas talks neurodiverse comedy; and the UN in Geneva questions the UK government on disabilities - 8 months late. bit.ly/3VoNeOU

'I didn't feel capable of doing my job any more, a job that I absolutely love' – one woman's experience of the ADHD medication shortage. And she's not alone. bbc.co.uk/news/disabilit…

'With any form of disability, you become aware of disability in general, and you become acutely aware of [what] disabled people have been saying for years - that there aren't able-bodied people, there are just a lot of people who are not yet disabled.'💜
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A very insightful chat on the Government's Disability Action Plan with Emma Tracey, Nikki Fox - BBC News & Watchdog Presenter, James Taylor of Scope and Rachel Charlton-Dailey 💖💜💙 on BBC Access All:

Oh Twitter! I mean X! You’re such hard work for blind people now.

'There are some things in it. Whether they’re the right things, completely debateable'

James Taylor, from Disability charity, Scope helps us dissect the Disability Action Plan and what it means for you

Check out the full podcast, below!

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