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44. with Leo Capella About This Episode This week, In the second of our two specials with the National Autistic Society we’re joined by Leo Cappella, who is a job coach for the Charity and was a script supervisor for the Netflix film 'I used to be Famous. We talk to Leo about his rewarding work with the charity, and about the process of ensuring authentic representation in entertainment. View the...

43. with MelIssa Simmonds About This Episode his week we’re joined by Melissa Simmonds, who contributed to the National Autistic Society’s campaign to raise awareness about neurodiversity and intersectionality. As a black, autistic woman and parent of autistic children Melissa shares her thoughts about racism, ableist systems and Game of Thrones… because on lABLEd we can’t keep it serious for too...

42. With Rebecca Porter About This Episode Alice and Lucy sit down with Disability Benefits researcher, Rebecca Porter, to discuss her research into Personal Independence Payment and their own experiences with the Department of Work and Pensions. View the complete list of resources, links and transcript of this episode at www.labledpodcast.co.uk Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @labl...

41. 2022 Year in Review from lABLEd About This Episode This week the team are reflecting on two years of lABLEd Adam, Alice and Lucy sit down to talk about their favourite moments of 2022, and the ambitious plans for 2023 View the full list of resources, links and transcript of this episode at www.labledpodcast.co.uk Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @labledpod To find out more About...

History Lesson 8 King Richard III (Recorded on location at King Richard III Visitors Centre, Leicester)  About This Episode Alice Evans, Daisy Holder & Lucy Wood bring you another History Lesson as we profile people from history who lived, survived and thrived with a disability or chronic illness. In our first on-location recording at the King Richard III Visitors Centre, Leicester, we di...

Merry Christmas to all from the lABLEd Podcast! We wanted to record a little message for all our listeners, who have supported us in our first year! In this short message, we give thanks and tell you about a special competition we've got for you! With all our love, Team lABLEd x To read the complete transcription, visit www.labledpodcast.co.uk.  Support this Podcast Like LABLEd Podcast on Fac...

fABLEd Christmas Edition Dickens & Disability  About This Episode In this week's podcast episode, Alice and Lucy talk about Victorian author Charles Dickens and the various disabled characters in his novels. Best known for his festive story A Christmas Carol, Dickens wrote prolifically and included numerous disabled characters in his stories. In this episode, Alice brings to light some of...

40. With Dan Metcalfe - Hall (AKA 'WheelsDan') About This Episode Alice and Lucy chat to Paraplegic scuba diver Dan Metcalfe-Hall, known as ‘Wheelsdan‘, who recently attempted to set three Guinness World Records. In this fascinating chat, Dan talks through how he and his team attempted these dives and the incredible story that led to his love of diving and talks Lucy and Alice into doing something...

39. With Davina Patterson from Disability Resource Network, Alabama About This Episode This week's guest, Davina Patterson from Huntsville, Alabama, works hard to promote the rights of and empower disabled people even though she doesn't identify as disabled herself. She joins Alice and Lucy to talk about Allyship and the importance of fostering communities for disabled people who live in rural are...

38. With Emily Davidson  About This Episode This week Alice and Lucy are joined by the beauty and fashion vlogger Emily Davison. Emily talks about her freelance work as a freelance writer, how difficult she has found it to secure work as a disabled person, and how she has utilized her creativity and support from others to build an online presence as a blind influencer. www.labledpodcast.co.uk...

With Krista Hernandez About This Episode This week Alice and Lucy are joined by Krista Hernandez, host of the Madames Podcast, to talk about representation on the big screen, pacing as a chronically ill podcaster and knowing and becoming confident in your disabled body. To view complete Episode Guides and transcripts of this and every episode, visit www.labledpodcast.co.uk . Disclaimer: This show...

36. with Zec Richardson  About This Episode Recorded on the hottest day of the year, we're joined by co-host of Disability Horizons TV, Zec Richardson, who chats about his life with ME and how society treats him differently now he uses a wheelchair. View complete Episode Guides and transcripts to this and every episode, visit www.labledpodcast.co.uk Disclaimer: This show regularly covers pers...

fABLEd 4 The Little Mermaid  About This Episode In the latest episode of the miniseries, fABLEd Alice & Lucy discuss the Disney and original incarnations of the Little Mermaid, and they both discuss how the story contains themes of internalised ableism. View complete Episode Guides and transcripts to this and every episode, visit www.labledpodcast.co.uk Disclaimer: This show regularly cov...

35. with Colm Whooley About This Episode After a motorcycle accident left Colm Whooley with a spinal cord injury, he dedicated his life to disability advocacy, and in 1993, he set up Spinal Injuries Ireland. View the full list of resources, links and transcript of this episode at www.labledpodcast.co.uk Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @labledpod To find out more About the Show &...

34. with Katrina Hazell About This Episode we are joined by former Ms Wheelchair New York Katrina Hazell. Katrina talks to us about her experience at school and how this has fuelled her to become an advocate for inclusive and equal education for disabled children. View the full list of resources, links and transcript of this episode at www.labledpodcast.co.uk Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & I...

33. with Emily Manock About This Episode This week we chat with Emily Manock, who has Cerebal Palsy, and is currently living in Paris, on an internship for a rare disease charity, Eurodis. Emily talks to Lucy and Alice about how the pandemic made her reflect on her career as a journalist, and change to work in the charity sector. View the full list of resources, links and transcript of this episod...

fABLEd 3. Jane Eyre About This Episode In the third episode of our fABLEd series, Alice discusses with Lucy, the depictions of disability and mental health conditions in the literary classic Jane Eyre. From the perceived ‘madness’ of Bertha to the visual impairment of Mr. Rochester, this tale sparks discussions about disability representation in the mid-1800s and the messages Charlotte Bronte was...

32. with Maysoon About This Episode This week Alice and Lucy sit down with American comedian, Actress, Advocate and now Alice and Lucy's new BFF Advocate Maysoon Zayid. Maysoon told us she never does Podcast Interviews! In this wirl wind of a recording, We talk to her about her projects and life as a disabled comedian. View the full list of resources, links and transcript of this episode at www.la...

LGBTQ+ Pride Season 5: Adam Hull About This Episode In our final episode of our 2022 Pride Season, we are joined for the first time by our Editor Adam Hull! We discuss what we have learnt as a team during these special episodes and Adam reflects on what Pride and accurate representation means to him as a gay man View the full list of resources, links and transcript of this episode at www.labledpod...

LGBTQ+ Pride Season 4: Leo Allanach About This Episode This week we are joined by Leo Allanach, a trans filmmaker. Leo tells us how he was influenced by positive depictions of disabled characters in fiction and the importance of casting disabled actors in disabled roles for film and TV. View the full list of resources, links and transcript of this episode at www.labledpodcast.co.uk Follow us on Tw...

LGBTQ+ Pride Season 3: Lee Samuels About This Episode This week we're joined by educator and LGBTQ+ advocate Lee Samuels who tells us how being diagnosed with HIV has changed his attitude to life and how his sexuality influences his approach to teaching. View the full list of resources, links and transcript of this episode at www.labledpodcast.co.uk Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @...

LGBTQ+ Pride Season 2022 2: Elle Rose  About This Episode Elle Rose talks to us about sexuality and experience in mental health hospitals. She also tells us about how difficult she has found it to get the right support for her ADHD whilst also being under the care of mental health professionals. View the full list of resources, links and transcript of this episode at www.labledpodcast.co.uk F...

LGBTQ+ Pride Season 2022 1: History Lesson Audre Laude About This Episode Profiling people from history who lived survived and thrived with a disability or chronic illness. In the first episode of our LGBTQIA Pride series, we meet with our historian Daisy Holder to talk about American poet and activitist Audre Laude View the full list of resources, links and transcript of this episode at www.lable...

fABLEd 2: Changelings About This Episode In the second of our fABLEd series, Lucy explores the Changling myth, the belief that healthy children would be swapped for monstrous, deformed and disabled fairies and left for the human parents to raise.  This episode contains discussions about abuse and violence and death. For complete Episode Guides, links and transcripts to this and every episode,...

29. With Peter Godby Watt About This Episode Our guest this week is a former scene of crime photographer Peter Goadby Watt who tells us about crime scene photography and how he had to change his approach to work and attitude to life after acquiring his walking impairment. View the full list of resources, links and transcript of this episode at www.labledpodcast.co.uk Follow us on Twitter, Facebook...