Inside Hollywood: Introducing the Bionic Actress Angel Giuffria
Outside the film industry bubble the question on everyone’s lips is: why are so many non-disabled actors playing disabled parts? Angel Giuffria may not yet…
Interviews
How to make clubbing more inclusive
Going out with friends, enjoying live music or dancing in a nightclub are some of life’s pleasures. Clubs are now opening their doors to those…
Disability Confident: the scheme removing barriers to employment
It’s been just over a year since the government’s Disability Confident scheme launched, encouraging employers to up their game and modify their policies to make…
Meet an Ambassador for the Year of Young People
Rhys McCole might be the busiest teen around. At just the age of 16, he’s a student at Notre Dame High School in Greenock, a…
The golden years of care
Behind closed doors millions of people are caring for a relative or loved one. Of those millions, high percentages are older carers with their own…
Changing attitudes
We all have our own unique traits and talents. However, disabled people often have their skills ignored – until now. We find out how social…
Interview: weather presenter Lucy Martin
“I would like to be known as a good WEATHER PRESENTER first, and the fact that I have a DISABILITY second” The media has been…
Confidence from underneath – Jasmine Stacey Collection
Jasmine Stacey is an inspirational young woman designing sexy lingerie for women with stomas, stretch marks and scars. Her own journey with Crohn’s disease inspired…
INTERVIEW: Dame Sarah Storey
Pregnant with her second child, running an elite women’s cycling team and eyeing up the Tokyo Paralympics in 2020 too – it’s a busy time…
Hannah Cockroft: Going for Gold
The secret to Paralmypic success? A pair of lucky pants and strawberry laces – and a whole lot of hard work and talent. Wheelchair racer…
She’s got the look… VisABLE People
Despite the current media ‘ideal’ on what we should aspire to be like, one woman has worked tirelessly to change these perceptions. Louise Dyson MBE…
The problem with hospital food
The NHS is a wonderful thing – but the food they’re serving up in their hospitals? Not so much. Lindsay Cochrane looks into the state…
Dementia Friendly Theatre
Experiences and memories make us who we are; when they are taken from us, it can challenge our sense of identity. Dementia is one of the…
Katie Piper Interview: “Something bad happened to me but I wouldn’t let it define me”
Survivor, philanthropist, author and documentary maker – there’s no stopping Katie Piper. Number one on our World Changers List sits down with Enable’s Kirsty McKenzie…
Paralympics stars to lead all inclusive sports teams
Paralympic athlete launches the UK’s only mass-participation sports series for people with disabilities. British Paralympian Sophia Warner has launched a mass-participation sporting event for people…