
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


World-renowned US disability rights campaigner, Judith Heumann, died last weekend aged 75. Her friend Lawrence Carter-Long - co-director of DisArt - joins Nikkki and Emma from California to celebrate her remarkable achievements.
The Office for National Statistics released figures this week which show disabled people are many times more likely to take their lives than non-disabled people - the figures are for England and Wales. To analyse this very sad and concerning data, Fazilet Hadi, head of policy at Disability Rights UK, speaks with us. Suicide is preventable and, if you need to talk, there are many suicide prevention charities listed on the BBC's website, go to bbc.co.uk/actionline
Plus, Ebony Rose Dark, a leading blind drag queen from London, tells us about how they put on make-up, dance on narrow crowded stages in clubs and what inspired them to follow this career.
Presenters: Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey
By BBC Sounds4.7
6767 ratings
World-renowned US disability rights campaigner, Judith Heumann, died last weekend aged 75. Her friend Lawrence Carter-Long - co-director of DisArt - joins Nikkki and Emma from California to celebrate her remarkable achievements.
The Office for National Statistics released figures this week which show disabled people are many times more likely to take their lives than non-disabled people - the figures are for England and Wales. To analyse this very sad and concerning data, Fazilet Hadi, head of policy at Disability Rights UK, speaks with us. Suicide is preventable and, if you need to talk, there are many suicide prevention charities listed on the BBC's website, go to bbc.co.uk/actionline
Plus, Ebony Rose Dark, a leading blind drag queen from London, tells us about how they put on make-up, dance on narrow crowded stages in clubs and what inspired them to follow this career.
Presenters: Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey

7,685 Listeners

1,043 Listeners

5,431 Listeners

1,793 Listeners

1,786 Listeners

1,088 Listeners

1,915 Listeners

2,087 Listeners

40 Listeners

125 Listeners

649 Listeners

1,265 Listeners

296 Listeners

4,179 Listeners

3,188 Listeners

20 Listeners

36 Listeners

107 Listeners

3,096 Listeners

1,016 Listeners

919 Listeners

16 Listeners

6 Listeners

67 Listeners

38 Listeners