Access All: Disability News and Mental Health

What was in the budget for disabled people?


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In this episode, Emma Tracey gets reaction to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s spending plans from Fazilet Hadi of Disability Rights UK. Plus Stephen Kingdom from the Disabled Children’s Partnership on the Budget announcement that £105 million is to be spent on building schools for students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

There’s also an interview with Henry Fraser. Once an aspiring rugby player, he was paralysed from the neck down after an accident on holiday and has since become famous for painting using his mouth and a specially-adapted paint brush.

The episode was made by Daniel Gordon with Niamh Hughes and Emma Tracey.

The editor is Alex Lewis.
Recorded by Hannah Montgomery.
Sound design by Dave O’Neill.

To get in touch with the team email [email protected] or find us on X, @bbcaccessall.

Don’t forget to subscribe by finding us on BBC Sounds.

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