Push to improve air travel for disabled passengers – BBC
Paralympian leads effort to improve travel for disabled people Emma Lynch/BBC Baroness Grey-Thompson had to crawl off a train in August after arriving in King’s Cross and facing a long…
Strictly Come Dancing confirms first two contestants including first blind dancer Chris McCausland
Chris McCausland: ‘The best way to represent a disability is to make people forget about it whenever possible.’ Photograph: Matt Crockett View image in fullscreen Chris McCausland: ‘The best way…
In Touch – STEP Training with Guide Dogs – BBC Sounds
In Touch – STEP Training with Guide Dogs – BBC Sounds In Touch – STEP Training with Guide Dogs – BBC Sounds In Touch STEP Training with Guide DogsSTEP Training…
BBC Radio 4 – In Touch, Braille on Food Labelling; Disability Policy at the White House
Main content Listen now Braille on Food Labelling; Disability Policy at the White House In Touch We hear about a campaign that aims to get braille onto food packaging and…
Rob Burrow to be first non-verbal person to read CBeebies bedtime story
Former rugby league player, who has motor neurone disease, will use eye-controlled computer The former rugby league player Rob Burrow will become the first non-verbal person to read a bedtime…
Harkin Summit 2022
When pathways to inclusion are open to people with disabilities it helps everyone. — Former Senator Tom Harkin Showcasing BBC content featuring disabled people Nina Goswami Creative Diversity Partner and…
BBC Unveils Latest Statistics on Disability and Ethnicity Representation
The BBC has unveiled its latest statistics regarding disability and ethnicity representation in a new impact report. The data is taken from the corporation’s 50:50 Project, an initiative which “uses a methodology…
Strictly: sign language interpreter to be projected on to big screens at live shows
Rose Ayling-Ellis Strictly: sign language interpreter to be projected on to big screens at live shows Strictly Live UK arena shows starring Rose Ayling-Ellis, who is deaf, will have a…
Diversity in top media jobs is ‘woeful’, says Ofcom
Recruitment of people of colour and disabled staff into junior roles yet to be replicated at senior level British television and radio broadcasters remain “woeful” at promoting staff from diverse…
Rose Ayling-Ellis to be Strictly’s first deaf contestant
EastEnders actor is confirmed as BBC dance contest’s 12th celebrity for 2021 season • ‘Deafness and music are compatible’: why Rose Ayling-Ellis on Strictly matters so much The EastEnders actor…