Access All: Disability News and Mental Health

Outrage at ableist ‘prejudice’

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Disability activist and commentator Samantha Renke says the law on disability hate speech needs to be strengthened after a podcast discussion about dating someone in a wheelchair goes viral.

Also on the show: Actress and comedian Ashley Storrie talks about the autistic character she plays in the new BBC Three comedy drama Dinosaur.
The episode was made by Daniel Gordon with Drew Hyndman and Alexander Collins
Recorded and mixed by Michael Regaard
The editor is Alex Lewis

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