Embracing our differences with Nikki Lilly
YouTube sensation, CBBC star and Junior Bake Off winner, Nikki Lilly is living the dream life of most 14-year-olds. Unlike her peers, Nikki has already had 38 operations…
Interviews
Chatting charity with Sir Stelios
Last month, the prestigious Stelios Award chose it’s 2018 winner. The award celebrates the best talent and most innovative ideas from disabled entrepreneurs across the…
Join Jonnie Peacock at Winter Wonderwheels this weekend
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – Winter Wonderwheels is back this weekend! We caught up with Paralympian Jonnie Peacock, to chat about…
Raising awareness on World Diabetes Day
Over four million people in the UK are living with diabetes. The diagnosis can have harmful complications and holds constant control over the lives of…
Strictly Come Accessibility with contestant Lauren Steadman
As the Glitterball trophy glimmers and dancers Rumba, Cha-cha, and Salsa onto the iconic Strictly Come Dancing ballroom, the show continues to make waves for disability inclusion in…
Discussing MND: My Name’5 Doddie Weir
With 61 caps under his belt for Scotland’s national rugby team, Doddie Weir is not only adored, respected and admired on the pitch, but off it as well. On…
National Eye Health Week: a vision for the future
Macular disease is the biggest cause of blindness in the UK. We find out how it affects people young and old, and what you can…
The barber making a difference this World Suicide Prevention Day
Today, 10 September, is World Suicide Prevention Day. Every week in the UK, 84 men take their own lives, it is the largest killer of…
Start-up tackling disability stereotypes launched by Paralympian Gold-medal winner
Former Paralympic swimmer, Liz Johnson has started a new business venture set to challenge assumptions about the role disabled people can play in the job…
Jonnie Peacock meets competition winners ahead of the Superhero Tri event 2018
Superheroes assemble! Ahead of the upcoming 2018 Superhero Tri part of the Superhero Series, Double Paralympic, World and European 100m Champion Jonnie Peacock has thrown a…
On the call sheet – 104 film is a pioneer of disability cinema
“We work around the principle that we’re enabling the disabled voice,” says Alex Usborne, who was recently awarded an MBE for pioneering disability filmmaking. He…
Rory McGuire and the Changing Faces campaign
We speak to Rory McGuire about the campaign he’s spearheading to stop discrimination against people with a disfigurement. “A lot of people think it’s just…
Inside the mind of Gail Porter
As a 1990’s pin up star flourishing in her TV career, everything was looking rosy for Gail Porter. However, sometimes life doesn’t go quite as…
Having a laugh with Britain’s Got Talent winner Lost Voice Guy
Lee Ridley is a comedian like no other. Under the scrutiny of Simon Cowell (and the general public) Lee, under his stage name Lost Voice…
Life outside the medical ward
After an accident or diagnosis, the four walls of a hospital room may become your lifeline. The constant medical assurance, guidance, and information keeps you…