Parenting in a pandemic, with a learning disability

Actress Donna Lavin on WFH, screaming at walls and struggles with masks.

• 19 mins

The Mental Health Act and Me

Raf and Ashley share their stories of being detained under the Mental Health Act.

• 23 mins

Being disabled in the third lockdown

As Lockdown returns so does our Isolation Diaries podcast

• 30 mins

Katie and Harvey Price on growing up and moving out

The disabled 18-year-old and his mum on communication, care and fulfilling potential.

• 22 mins

'Waiting for the vaccine is like waiting on a kidney'

Holly has been shielding for 11 months and frustration is growing

• 21 mins

I sat outside Gran's funeral

Shielder Holly could not accompany her wife into the crematorium.

• 23 mins

Mentally Interesting: The bum-kicking machine

That feeling of shame and how to avoid it

• 31 mins

The day of the jab

Before, during and after Holly's Covid vaccination

• 19 mins

‘I’m having a rest in the car, with no one screaming my name’

Snow, vaccines and parenting in pain.

• 17 mins

'I didn’t even know what bisexual was'

The unique challenges that come with having a learning disability and being LGBT

• 31 mins

Let’s add partner guilt to disability lockdown woes

Kate's body aches so she can't always be there for her wife.

• 17 mins

'There's a difference between home-schooling and emergency education'

Starting nursery and back-to-school fears after isolating

• 20 mins

Mentally Interesting: My grief

Thoughtful Conversations about grieving and mental health

• 40 mins

'The school phoned, Scout's hurt'

The post lockdown return to school ends with a bump.

• 16 mins

'Dating & Disability - how to navigate the agencies'

Can disabled people find success with dating agencies?

• 21 mins

'We adopted a disabled child during the pandemic'

Podcasters Kate and Holly on the high points of the last year

• 24 mins

Did I think of myself as gay and disabled 10 years ago?

The census causes Kate and Holly to consider their identities

• 24 mins

Lockdown: The anniversary no one wanted

Reflecting on a year in lockdown with Nikki Fox.

• 38 mins

‘I really wanted to give Mum and Dad a hug – it was awkward’

After months apart how does it feel when you can see but can't touch loved ones?

• 19 mins

‘Friendly fire’ in my brain led to me being wrongly sectioned

Lucy Dawson on how “friendly fire” from her immune system led to her becoming disabled.

• 28 mins

Do we get a 'lockdown dog' to help our disabled child?

Parents Kate and Holly consider whether their adopted toddler needs animal assistance.

• 24 mins

Mentally Interesting: I couldn’t hold my baby

A postnatal mental health crisis left Seaneen feeling ‘robbed’.

• 31 mins

‘I wasn’t allowed to look out of the window’

Domestic abuse and disability: Part One

• 35 mins

‘I was told I was a curse on my family’

Domestic abuse and disability: Part two

• 31 mins

Mentally Interesting: ‘I don’t get a holiday from myself’

Travel and countryside are the mental health talking points in our latest podcast

• 36 mins

Do we really want to start hugging again?

The new challenges our high-risk family have as lockdown eases

• 19 mins

‘My harassment got worse when I picked up my white cane’

Why are disabled women so much more likely to experience harassment?

• 39 mins

'I've lost all of the independence I worked so hard for'

Is July 19th going to 'free' disabled people?

• 12 mins

How do you make the Love Island villa accessible?

What would need to be done to make the Love Island villa fully accessible?

• 18 mins

“I backed into the wall at 200mph”

After a crash at 200mph left him paralysed, Sam is learning to race again.

• 19 mins