Weekly podcast about mental health, wellbeing and disabled people. Life stories and solutions with a friendly touch – for listeners around the world.
Latest episodes
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"We met and fell in love at a mental health unit"
For most people, a mental health unit is the last place they’d expect to find love.But Hannah and Sean’s love story began at The Cassel Hospital in London. They met while being tre…
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Richard Osman on his latest novel and why the world is blurry to him
Bestselling author and TV presenter, Richard Osman, is visually impaired due to the eye condition, nystagmus, and, as a result he tells Access All, “the world is just blurred to me…
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“It was like being drunk”: KT Tunstall on hearing loss and vertigo
International hit-maker KT Tunstall wasn't sure what to do when she woke-up mid-tour to discover she had lost her hearing and had vertigo. Soon after she turned to her brother for…
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Have we found the most accessible festival in the country?
Festival season is upon us and the access offerings at some mainstream events could be about to get better after one of the big providers was served with a legal notice to improve…
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"I had to give up my job": How accessible is the court system?
When Vikki Walton-Cole became a wheelchair-user she had to quit her job as a social worker because the courts she worked in were no longer accessible to her. Years later, she was e…
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Professor Green: “I wanted to cuddle little me”
(At 05:19) Rapper Professor Green, real name Stephen Manderson, has long been open about his mental health difficulties and has joined up with the British Association of Counsellin…
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Motability to give black box monitors to under 30s
From 13 April, Motability customers who start a new lease, including drivers under 30, will get weekly traffic light scores via a black box, like those used for younger drivers to…
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Why isn't ice skating in the Paralympics?
The biggest sporting event of the year is here - the Winter Paralympics! (The Olympics was just the warm-up).We hear from the BBC's Sally Hurst who's in Milan-Cortina for all the a…
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Access To Work slowdown is putting jobs at risk for disabled people
Disabled people are waiting up to 30 weeks for a decision on whether they'll get a grant to support them at work and wait times are getting longer. We hear from three people who ha…
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The "heartbreaking" decision on the stalled sign language GCSE
There were celebrations last year when a GCSE in British Sign Language was approved...but a few months have passed and no accredited exam board has taken it on. What now for the ex…
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What does 2026 mean if you're young and disabled?
It's a new year and we are finding out about the hopes and aspirations of three young disabled people around the UK. At 17, Niamdh is School Captain at her college in Scotland and…
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Sarah lost her voice to MND, 25 years later she's got it back
The onset of motor neurone disease (MND) left Sarah without a voice and the use of her hands at the age of 34. It was within months of her becoming a mum for the second time.As the…
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'Little and often' - Best Of 2025
In our pick of the year's best interviews on Access All, we look back at a year of perceptive interviews by Emma Tracey with great people and their great thoughts on living this di…
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A Question of Support - Festive Disability Quiz
Do you know anything about disability beyond your own? We test three well-known disabled people. Featuring BBC Chief North America Correspondent Gary O'Donoghue, Coronation Street'…
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"Seeing my first goal in years made me teary"
When Crystal Palace play Manchester City on 14 December, Neale Ormston will become the first visually impaired commentator of a premier league football match. That's thanks to a ne…
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It's International Day of People with Disabilities - let's celebrate!
It's 3 December, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). While everyone chooses to mark it differently - from focusing on leveling up work places, to reminding p…
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What Rachel Reeves didn't say about Motability in the Budget
The Autumn Budget was pronounced today and, as expected, it came with some changes to VAT exemptions on higher-end Motability cars and the types available. Emma Vogelmann from Tran…
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‘She said things without the sense of embarrassment’ - Alice Wong's disability legacy
We pay tribute to US writer and community-builder Alice Wong who died this week at 51. Known for her Disability Visibility project and #CripTheVote, we hear from her friend Nichola…
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'My heart exploded' - Cariad Lloyd on neurodivergent comedy show
Comedian and author Cariad Lloyd says her "heart exploded" when she was invited to take part in her latest TV project, Playtime.The show sees neurodivergent comedians work alongsid…
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How do you sign BSL and cut hair at the same time?
After a summer of discontent and rebellions around welfare reform, the government has announced how it will look into the future of Personal Independence Payments (Pip) with the Ti…