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…

Untrained blind student lands starring role in Netflix second world war epic

Disability rights groups applaud casting of Aria Mia Loberti in All the Light We Cannot See Thousands of hopefuls auditioned for the lead role of a blind character in an…

Strictly Come Dancing shone a spotlight on deafness and diversity | Letters

Strictly Come Dancing Strictly Come Dancing shone a spotlight on deafness and diversity Richard Lee writes that inclusion is so important, especially for the young; David Nove salutes the diversity…

The great subtitles fiasco: Channel 4 must be punished for failing deaf viewers

Television The great subtitles fiasco: Channel 4 must be punished for failing deaf viewers Liam O’ Dell Despite supposedly championing diversity, the broadcaster’s subtitling has been broken for months. Ofcom…

Melanie Sykes calls for education system to be ‘torn down and rebuilt’ to help autistic people

TV host, who revealed her diagnosis this week, reflects on the struggles she has faced throughout her life and career ‘We weren’t visible’: growing awareness leads more women to autism…

Channel 4 subtitles to remain unavailable until mid-November

Subtitles, audio descriptions and signed broadcasts are likely to remain unavailable to viewers of Channel 4 until mid-November, after an incident in September severely affected the broadcaster’s output. A month…

‘A brilliant role model’: CBeebies hires first presenter with Down’s syndrome

20-year-old actor George Webster says he is ‘so proud’ to be joining the BBC channel, having previously made a video on the misconceptions around the genetic condition The BBC’s preschool…

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…