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The lowdown on being disabled in Japan

With the Paralympic Games taking place - here鈥檚 the lowdown on being disabled in Japan

• 28 mins

Tokyo twice: A gold medal in wheelchair what?

Caz Walton was 17 when she competed at the 1964 Paralympic Games in Tokyo and won gold

• 20 mins

The family taking rivalry to a new level in Tokyo

The McCowan family taking rivalry to a whole new level at Tokyo 2020

• 19 mins

鈥業 had a complete breakdown at the track鈥�

Two of our female Paralympians share their journeys to Tokyo 2020

• 16 mins

'We found our first Paralympian at the supermarket'

Willpower, belief and hustling - how the Aruba Paralympic team came about

• 25 mins

Mentally Interesting: Bananas for mental wellbeing?

Good solutions for mental ill health at work

• 44 mins

What鈥檚 climate change got to do with disability?

Heatwaves, hurricanes and sea levels - what鈥檚 climate change got to do with disability?

• 24 mins

'It was magical' - the first disabled crew to fly in zero-gravity

Meet the first disabled crew to fly in zero-gravity

• 29 mins

Little Miss Burden

Playwright Matilda Feyisayo Ibini on growing up black and disabled in London

• 36 mins

Merry Ouchmas: The festive special 2021

The Ouch team reflect on their favourite podcasts from an extraordinary year

• 42 mins

Mentally Interesting: 'Something to take care of'

Celebrating pets, with positive mental health stories and cute pictures

• 33 mins

Mentally Interesting: Anxiety or heart attack?

When mental and physical health collide

• 35 mins

Mentally Interesting: What loneliness is

Feeling alone and forming relationships.

• 34 mins

Mentally Interesting: The Myth of the Strong Black Woman

Rianna says the colour of her skin makes it harder to get mental health support

• 27 mins

Kate and Holly: Covid hits after two years of shielding

'Everything we've worried about has suddenly happened'

• 23 mins

Kate and Holly: Covid finally strikes after all that shielding

Kate's symptoms are life threatening - but what about Holly who has no immunity?

• 23 mins

Do accessible sex toys exist?

We explore the world of accessible (and inaccessible) sex toys

• 23 mins

鈥業 often get sepsis, if I get Covid my days are numbered鈥�

Three clinically vulnerable people react to the government's plan for living with Covid

• 30 mins

The lowdown on being disabled in China

The Winter Paralympics are in Beijing 鈥� here鈥檚 a lowdown on disabled life in China

• 35 mins

The Power of Snow

Many in ParaGB are injured military veterans 鈥� why is snow so good for rehab?

• 25 mins

Ukraine War: 'I think of my wheelchair more than myself now'

When escaping Ukraine, Tanya took her tyre pump instead of her favourite dress.

• 18 mins

鈥業 used a hairdryer to warm my daughter鈥檚 feet鈥�

Nikki Fox meets the families making difficult energy decisions

• 35 mins

Being gay and autistic at Eurovision

Eurovision contestant Sheldon Riley says that being neurodivergent and LGBT "was tough鈥�

• 35 mins

'I was scared the guide dog would be electrocuted by the live wire'

The shocking stories of blind people falling off railway platforms

• 33 mins

"It's happened again" - Frank Gardner left on a plane

Left on a plane waiting for assistance, we ask why it keeps happening to wheelchair-users

• 33 mins

Escape plan

Fear after high rise fire evacuation plans are rejected by the government

• 33 mins

Wobbling up that hill

Is Kate Bush, Nikki Fox's personal physiotherapist?

• 28 mins

"100 miles from home, no one could visit me鈥�

Nikki Fox talks to mental health patients sent 'out of area'

• 30 mins

Hitting the mosh pit in my wheelchair

Martin Dougan talks festivals, and Chris McCausland on being a blind spy

• 35 mins

'Dad had to carry me up stairs to the LGBT party'

The realities of being a disabled LGBT student

• 33 mins