Access All: Disability News and Mental Health

Why disabled mums decide to have children despite the extra risks. And why sign language users might sometimes appear a little politically incorrect.

What happens when your child starts to question or be embarrassed by your disability?

The Ouch team plays a game of 1980s dilemmas.

How London commuters reacted to a disabled toy

Kids, crackers and is it OK to be given a disability related prezzie?

Find out how the Ouch team get along. Also, do you mention you're disabled when trying to attract a potential partner on internet dating sites? This is a repeat presentation of a podcast which first aired in April 2015.

Lily-Grace Hooper, 7, was told by her school that she can't use her white cane

What's it like to step off a station platform into thin air, instead of on to a train? Three blind journalists tell their tales of travelling on trains when you can't see.

This month marks the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the first disability anti-discrimination law in the UK. It's a time to look back at the disability rights movement in the early 90's, which was so vibrant during the period, and to canvas some views about what has been achieved, and what is still left to be done. Imagine never having disclosed your chronic pain to anyone except close family...

It’s Halloween and disability related costumes are doing the rounds. Is it offensive to dress up as a mental patient, Oscar Pistorius, or a blind stereotype?

Apple has released 150 brand new emojis. The internet is becoming increasingly visual but how do blind people experience these graphics, and is digital communication becoming more inaccessible?

This week a picture of a disabled man hugging a stranger on a bus went viral. The man sat with Robert, who is deaf and has cerebral palsy, for a half hour journey, holding his hand and comforting him. We discuss whether people need to be more compassionate, and what this means for disabled people.

Kate Monaghan and Simon Minty delve in to the complex, and sometimes difficult, area of relationships between disabled and non-disabled siblings. Their guests include a disabled member of a non-disabled family, and the only able-bodied sibling in a family of disabled brothers and sisters. We also hear what it's like to be the non-disabled twin.

A woman in America has chosen to go blind. We discuss.

Footage of John Lennon mocking people with learning disabilities has caused a stir online, was it offensive or just of its time?

MP for Elmet & Rothwell Alec Shelbrooke was said to have been "resting his eyes" during a debate in parliament this week. Shelbrooke is partially deaf and was resting his head near a speaker in order to listen to proceedings. BBC's Newsbeat retweeted the thread and has since issued an apology. We share our personal stories of when people believe we are not disabled. We also talk about Stevie W...

On this week's edition of Inside Ouch we talk language and labels, including whether it is right to use the term ‘normal’ to describe non-disabled people. Also, where do you stand on the assisted dying dilemma? We examine some of the many difficult facets of the debate.

Travel, stigma, work and mental illness as a disabled person in Japan.

Being a blind mum and the difficulties of getting fit if you're disabled.

Are disabled models still a novelty? And how airport security checks can get a bit personal for disabled people.

A look at the recent Special Olympics. Also, being inspired by other disabled people.

From Los Angeles, Breaking Bad's RJ Mitte chats about his latest role playing a character who, unlike himself, is not disabled, Plus Auti Angel from reality TV's Push Girls, and Gail Williamson disability talent agent. With Kate Monaghan and Shannon Murray.

Inside Ouch gets very British as we discuss how the weather can affect a disability

Mindfulness classes at school. Also, should disabled people have the right to die?

Lots of people are getting semicolon tattoos, but why? Also, do blind people really touch other people’s faces to see what they “look” like? The team discuss.