Disability Talk

A powerful spoken word poem performed by Priscila Hernandez for Mental Health Foundation. Priscila Hernandez is a 24 year old spoken word artist from South London. Her poetry entails a powerful expression of her own …

By Courtesy of the Alzheimer’s Society Vicky McClure’s gran was diagnosed with vascular dementia at the age of 75, and lived with the disease until her death in 2015. Inspired by her memory, Line of …

From a survey commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation Their survey suggests that concerns about body image are making large numbers of people depressed and suicidal. The poll of 4,500 adults found a third had …

Its been over 6 months in the build but our online shopping platform Shopping+giving will be launching very shortly. It’s not like any other online portal as its been designed to ‘mimic’ a charity’s own site. …

A survey of nearly 100 deaf and disabled musicians across the UK have spoken out about some of the country’s venues. And the findings point to the frequent failing of some of these event sites …

Adi’s Story Adi, who lost 95% of his vision from the age of 12, shared his experience of living with Retinitis pigmentosa in his film. He used the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 to stand up …

Diana Elizabeth Jordan is a disabled actress (S.W.A.T, CBS) and now a Director after making her directing debut for the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. Diana said she is thrilled and ‘over the moon’ with happiness …

From Trailblazers “We know through personal stories that women in wheelchairs are not getting equal access to healthcare. They struggle to get contraception, regular cervical cancer screenings and mammograms.” Dr. Sarah Floud, a lead researcher …

By The Mental Health Foundation   In their latest Mental Health Foundation podcast, Bethan asks Dr. Antonis Kousoulis the BIG questions about mental health: How has our view on mental health problems changed over the …