Access All Christmas Special - Best Bits of 2022

Your favourite Access All podcast moments from 2022 in one place

• 37 mins

The people who train their own guide dogs

With long waiting lists for guide dogs, we meet the people who train their own

• 38 mins

GP: 'The whole NHS now is a big bin-fire'

How the current health care crisis is affecting disabled people

• 36 mins

Disabled people are up, carers are down

The stats are in and there are fewer disabled people than expected

• 34 mins

Huw Edwards on depression: 'I'm not the least bit embarrassed'

The News at Ten presenter on his own depression and TV news.

• 37 mins

'Wonderstruck': The author who learned to read again

Author Thomas Leeds lost his memory in a road accident and had to learn to read again.

• 37 mins

ADHD and the trend of diagnosis by TikTok

How a hashtag has helped and hindered people.

• 30 mins

When Access All took over Newscast

Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey step into the Newscast studio

• 33 mins

Comedian Rosie Jones on imposter syndrome and ableism

The popular comedian talks about how you can’t hold yourself back

• 34 mins

Strictly's Amy Dowden: "I was seen as a risk"

Navigating the dance profession with Crohn's disease

• 33 mins

Goodbye Judy, and thank you

Celebrating the remarkable life of disabled rights activist, Judith Heumann

• 32 mins

What’s happening with disability benefits?

The disability minister speaks exclusively to AA about the Budget

• 32 mins

TV’s Sophie Morgan’s “rage” over Blue Badge car theft

Loose Women’s Sophie Morgan on how parking badges should go digital

• 34 mins

'I haven't had a door on my bathroom for years'

The dangers and discomfort of an inaccessible home

• 35 mins

Is ChatGPT a disability ally?

The AI chatbot plays the disability card and tells a human it's 'visually impaired'

• 32 mins

Magic money

Can Fergus the magician guess what Nikki is thinking?

• 33 mins

Strike a pose

Vogue cover star Sinéad Burke with some hot inclusion

• 28 mins

The disabled woman who hired a sex worker

Aged 43, Melanie booked an escort to experience sex for the first time

• 30 mins

‘There weren't any ramps back in 1953’

So many ways to access the Coronation, but not so many when it comes to planes

• 35 mins

The Lost Boy

Noah, star of Disney's new Peter Pan and Wendy film, pays a visit

• 33 mins

‘I hit the fire alarm and evacuated the airport’

Rosie reveals how bipolar took over after a break-up with her boyfriend

• 35 mins

Life's an accessible beach

Which country is making hundreds of beaches accessible?

• 33 mins

‘It was petrifying’: The family left on the side of the M1

The Smart family’s car broke down, but no recovery service turned-up

• 34 mins

It’s in your Best Interests to listen to this

Writer Jack Thorne drops by to talk about TV drama Best Interests

• 36 mins

Festivals: 'It was just a complete nightmare from start to finish"

Download Festival receives many complaints about access and safety

• 33 mins

Rose Ayling-Ellis: ‘We all need the feeling of belonging somewhere’

The actor and Strictly star pops in to chat about her new documentary, Signs for Change

• 32 mins

‘Lewis Capaldi has done so much for the Tourette’s community’

TV presenter Aidy Smith talks Tourette’s after Lewis Capaldi’s Glastonbury show

• 35 mins

Ellie Simmonds: 'Who actually am I?'

The Paralympian on being adopted as a baby

• 33 mins

‘I’m just a nerd living in a care home in North Yorkshire’

Disabled Swifties try for tour tickets and the legal “nerd” living in a care home

• 33 mins

The sea shanty star and anxiety attacks

The Wellerman singer and TikTok phenomenon, Nathan Evans, opens up on Access All's podcast

• 34 mins

One disabled air passenger, two tickets

Why do some disabled people have to pay double for a plane ticket?

• 31 mins

‘You’ve been ablesplained!’

Get to know the annoying younger brother of mansplaining

• 34 mins

After the honeymoon

When education ends, where do people with complex disabilities find their home?

• 36 mins

Interview Special: Victoria Canal and Tommy Jessop

Musician Victoria Canal hits the big time, but still struggles with imposter syndrome

• 41 mins

‘I know what madness is, and this is the good kind’

The Access All team head to Scotland for their first live show!

• 44 mins

Gail Porter: 'Has anyone here been sectioned?'

TV presenter Gail Porter gets personal on comedy, mental health and hair loss

• 28 mins

Disability benefits: How they could change

What could the government's proposals on the Work Capability Assessment mean for you?

• 36 mins

Robot guide dogs to help blind people

Influencer Lucy Edwards tries out an AI replacement for assistance dogs for blind people

• 37 mins

‘My worry is my care will be cut and I will end up in a care home’

Bristol City Council consults on ending independent living for some disabled people

• 30 mins

Disability charity takes 'murderous' swipe at government

The government's new awareness campaign faces backlash

• 33 mins

Are disabled people forgotten in climate disaster plans?

How do we include disabled people in preparations for extreme weather events?

• 27 mins

How do wheelchair users weigh themselves?

When wheelchair users want to weigh themselves they have to first find accessible scales

• 32 mins

Minister for Disabled People talks to Access All

From a chat with the Minister for Disabled People to Married at First Sight

• 34 mins

Disability Hate Crime: What’s really going on?

Incidents of disability hate crime fall, but why aren’t people happy about that?

• 35 mins

Why vision impaired people struggle to pay by touchscreens

Why paying with a card and a PIN is now less accessible for some people.

• 36 mins

Power to the (Disabled) People

A lawyer and a volunteer talk about the financial risks of pursuing a discrimination case

• 32 mins

The Harry Potter stuntman on his life-changing accident

The Harry Potter stuntman David Holmes on his life-changing accident

• 32 mins

Who in the Whoniverse is Ruth Madeley?

The actor on her adventures through space and time, in a wheelchair.

• 38 mins

My first year as a disabled astronaut

Paralympian turned spaceman John McFall tells us the story so far

• 34 mins

The musical instrument you can play with your fingers, legs or eyes

Designed for disabled people, the Clarion gets recognition for the skill needed to play it

• 36 mins

Climate Change: As seen by disabled people in peril

Two disabled Pacific islanders on life as the sea rises

• 39 mins

The Minister Before Christmas

The people waited and, lo, she did arrive

• 37 mins

Best of Access All 2023

Nikki and Emma look back at a year of interviews with disabled stars

• 36 mins

'I've lost thousands because of my ADHD'

From lost glasses to misinterpreted credit card conditions...

• 37 mins

What’s the BSL sign for ‘Throuple’?

How a collection of new signs were created to better reflect the LGBT community

• 34 mins

Drugs Shortage: Why Can’t I Get My Tablets?

One of the UK’s top pharmacists explains all

• 30 mins

Michael Owen: “I'd swap eyes with my son if I could”

The former England striker and his son James, deteriorating sight and the game of futsal

• 22 mins

Mollie from The Traitors

The disabled star of the BBC One reality show joins Emma in the studio

• 22 mins

The Disability Action Plan Explained

What's in it and how did we get here?

• 25 mins

To holiday or not: Can Direct Payments be used for short breaks?

Nathan saved his Direct Payments to pay for a break, but the council wants its money back

• 30 mins

Bryony Gordon and the conjoined twin ‘warriors’

Journalist Bryony Gordon talks about her new book, Mad Woman

• 30 mins

I’m a disabled student about to leave college, what next?

National Star student, Laith, talks to Access All

• 26 mins

I can’t work without my ADHD meds

People who’ve struggled to do their jobs during the ADHD medication crisis speak out.

• 36 mins

What was in the budget for disabled people?

Emma Tracey and guests ask what provision was in the spring budget for disabled people

• 31 mins

UK government questioned on commitment to disabled people’s rights

UK government in front of UN on their commitment to disabled people

• 27 mins

Bradley Riches: autism, Celebrity Big Brother and me

Bradley Riches: how I managed my autism in the Big Brother house.

• 28 mins

Disability academic Tom Shakespeare: Why I've started writing novels with a disabled hero

Emma Tracey talks all things disability - and novel writing - with Tom Shakespeare.

• 22 mins

Outrage at ableist ‘prejudice’

Samantha Renke talks ableism after a podcast clip goes viral. And actress Ashley Storrie.

• 27 mins

Access All’s 100th episode

It's Access All's 100th episode, featuring Rose Ayling-Ellis and a look behind the scenes

• 38 mins

Life in a mental health unit when you shouldn't be there

As the general election nears, the podcast combs through proposed Tory benefits cuts

• 32 mins