The Disability Download

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The Disability Download episodes

  • The Ramp of Approval with Isobel Williams

    Isobel Williams

    Isobel has years of experience as a publicist in the music industry, and runs the company Laydown PR. Isobel, a wheelchair user who has POTS, also founded popular TikTok channel The Ramp of Approval. 

    The channel explores accessibility in London, the UK and beyond. With plenty of humour and a laid back style, the videos also offer bitesize information about POTS and life as a disabled person.

    You can follow Isobel’s video series the Ramp of Approval: on TikTok @is0bellywelly. and on Instagram @therampofapproval

    You can also find Isobel: on Instagram @isobellywelly and @laydownPR; also on LinkedIn @Isobel Wiliams

    Elle Chante

    Elle Chante is a UK music artist and model, a client of Isobel’s at Laydown PR. The track featured on the Leonard Cheshire podcast is Come Alive (2022). Check out the track: Come Alive on Spotify.

    You can find Elle on Instagram @ellechanteuk. Find more via Elle’s Linktree

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    You can follow Leonard Cheshire on Instagram @LeonardCheshire or by searching "Leonard Cheshire" on LinkedIn. Find out more at leonardcheshire.org  
     

    36 min
  • Beyond Companionship: The Role of Assistance Dogs in Transforming Lives
    In this inspiring episode, Beth chats with Sarah, who shares her remarkable journey with her assistance dogs, Kiki and Nellie. From everyday motivation to extraordinary moments—like attending a Buckingham Palace garden party and even detecting Sarah’s ovarian cancer—these incredible dogs have been so much more than companions.
    Sarah also opens up about how her dogs have given her independence, lifted her spirits, and connected her with a supportive community through her guide dogs’ fundraising group. This episode celebrates the unique and life-changing relationship between humans and assistance dogs.
    33 min
  • Paris 2024 Paralympics Preview with Team GB’s Olivia Breen

    Follow Leonard Cheshire  

    You can follow Leonard Cheshire on Twitter or Instagram @LeonardCheshire. Find out more at leonardcheshire.org  

    Follow Olivia and find out more about Paris 2024  

    You can follow Olivia via @livvy_breen on Instagram and @BreenOlivia on Twitter.  

    There’s an easy way to find out more about Olivia, her fellow athletes and her journey to the Paralympic Games in 2024. Check out Olivia Breen’s Paris Diaries on BBC Sounds.

    18 min
  • In Fashion: Disabled Business Owners and the Disability Employment Gap

    Cassie Lovelock

    Dr Cassandra Lovelock (she/they) is a Black mixed-race wheelchair user living with chronic illness and ADHD. She is a scholar activist whose work focuses on ethical, lived experience-led research, education, and policy making practice within the fields of mental health, neurodiversity, unpaid care, disability, poverty and worklessness.

    Find Cassie on Social Media: @soapsub - Instagram and x.com

    You can check out Cassie’s work here: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/cassandra-lovelock

    Tilly Dowler

    Tilly is a disabled business owner who runs pre-loved clothing boutique Wanted Wardrobe (Studios 5b, Castle wall buildings, Clapgun St, Castle Donington, Derby DE74 2LE). Her shop is open to customers from Tuesday to Saturday. Tilly has Stargardt’s Disease, a progressive condition affecting central vision.

    You can find Wanted Wardrobe on:

    Instagram: @wanted_wardrobe_

    Facebook: @wantedwardrobe1

    Vinted: @WantedWardrobe23

    TikTok: @wantedwardrobetilly

    Online: www.wantedwardrobe.co.uk

     

    Visit Leonard Cheshire's website: https://leonardcheshire.org/

    Follow Leonard Cheshire on social: @LeonardCheshire

    Get in touch and let us know what you think of the episode: [email protected]

    47 min
  • Care, relationships and why the Budget fails disabled people.

    Follow Leonard Cheshire 

    You can follow Leonard Cheshire on Twitter or Instagram @LeonardCheshire. Find out more at leonardcheshire.org  

    Follow Kerry Thompson and read more of her work

    You can follow Kerry via @kerry_thompson on Instagram, @kerrymThompson on Twitter. You can follow her blog: My Life, Kerry’s Way.

    You can also read her article for Leonard Cheshire on the cost of living crisis and energy. 

    Like many disabled people, I lose sleep worrying about bills | Leonard Cheshire

    Her points on the extra costs of disability and high energy usage are very relevant for disabled people in 2024 and beyond.

    22 min
  • Taboo Tales Love, Sex, and Disability

    You can follow Leonard Cheshire on Twitter or Instagram @LeonardCheshire. Find out more at leonardcheshire.org  

    Find Zarifa on: 

    www.itsanidealworld.com, or @ZarifaRoberson on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and Snapchat.

    Or you can directly e-mail her on: [email protected]

    Find Paige and Taylor on: 

    https://www.instagram.com/alifelookingup/

    https://www.youtube.com/@ALifeLookingUp

    37 min
  • Welcome to Wrexham: Access All Areas. With Kerry Evans.

    You can follow Leonard Cheshire on Twitter or Instagram @LeonardCheshire. Find out more at leonardcheshire.org  

    Follow Wrexham

    You can find out more about accessibility at Wrexham and follow Kerry’s work.
    on Twitter via @OfficalDLOWAFC.

    Follow Wrexham AFC: @Wrexham_AFC (Twitter) and  @wrexham_AFC (Instagram) 

    Follow Welcome to Wrexham: @WrexhamFX (Twitter) and @wrexhamfx

    37 min

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The Disability Download is brought to you by pan-disability charity Leonard Cheshire. We respond to current topics, share stories and open up conversations about disability. From sex education, to…