LET’S CONGRATULATE THE NATIONAL THEATRE & SPOTLIGHT
Long overdue but at last a breakthrough! The National Theatre together with Spotlight have compiled a database of Actors with disabilities.
We know from our own American correspondent, Hollywood...
DISABILITY IS THE ONE DISCRIMINATION WE ALL SEEM TO IGNORE AND WE MUST STOP
Disability Talk has received kind permission from Saira Khan, Steve Wood and the Sunday Mirror to reproduce the following article.
Saira Khan admits she rarely encounters disability and wants to change...
THE BODYKIND FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL OF BODY ACCEPTANCE - 13-15 OCTOBER .. TOTNES
Bodykind, who are hosting the festival, are a grassroots, non-profit, whole community event organisers, with the aim...
THE WILLIAM MERRITT CENTRE ANNOUNCE NEW ACCESSABILLITY EXHIBITION
The William Merritt Centre are pleased to announce the new name for their annual exhibition is the AccessAbility Exhibition. It will take place on...
‘AND ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST’
In an earlier article we launched our campaign to replace a Political Party's Manifesto with a Legally Binding Contract .. see Election Manifesto .. or...
ELECTION MANIFESTO .. OR LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT? A PETITION TO CHANGE WHAT POLITICIANS PROMISE?
The June 8th 2017 General Election produced an election upset and a 'hung parliament'. And it was generally felt that the Tories 'lost' a huge...
WHEELCHAIR RULES OK?
The UK Government has detailed a set of disability rules for when travelling by public transport. For wheelchair users the details are as follows:-
WHEELCHAIRS...
Sex and Disability
It is estimated that over 10% of British men have paid for sex at least once. And that would mean over 200,000 disabled men...
Can I Inspire You? – John Willis
THERE’S NO SUCH WORD AS CAN’T!
These words articulated my mother’s attitude throughout my formative years. She never allowed me to use my lack of...
Rebecca Dann wins Disability Talk photograph competition
Rebecca Dann, the winner of “A World of Unfairness” said, “I was very nervous, but it was amazing just being in his presence. It...
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A NEW PODCAST ALL ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
From 'Time to Change'
Opening up about mental health can help end the shame and isolation felt by many of us with mental health problems.
That's...
