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Emily Manock 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,  changing to work in the charity sector and tells us about her time at Oxford University.ContinueContinue reading “lABLEd Podcast Episode 33: Emily Manock”

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 whirlwind of a recording,  We talk to her about her projects and life as a disabled comedian. Links relevant to this episode https://maysoon.com/ Like LABLEd Podcast onContinueContinue reading “lABLEd Podcast Episode 32: Maysoon”

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 mean to him as a gay man Links relevant to this episodeContinueContinue reading “PRIDE 5: Adam Hull”

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. Episode Transcript Connect with our Guest https://www.instagram.com/leo_allanach/ Links relevant to this episode https://www.respectability.org/2022/03/writing-myself-into-existence-by-leo-b-allanach/ Like LABLEdContinueContinue reading “PRIDE 4: Leo Allanach”

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. Episode Transcript labled-pride-3_-lee-samuels_otter_aiDownload Connect with our Guest https://linktr.ee/secretladyspider Links relating to this episode Lee’s Master’s research: https://dramamtl.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/tell-it-to-them-straight-a-study-of-the-concerns-of-lgb-secondary-school-teachers-in-the-workplace/ Links relevant to thisContinueContinue reading “PRIDE Episode 3: Lee Samuels”

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. Episode Transcript labled-ep-pride-2-elle-final_otter_aiDownload Transcript Connect with our Guest https://linktr.ee/secretladyspider Connect with the PodcastContinueContinue reading “PRIDE Episode 2: Elle Rose”

This show regularly covers very personal and sometimes controversial topics. As such, listeners may hear the language, including profanity or terminology that they find offensive. Please be aware of this as you listen to this episode. Several historical terms for disability are used in this episode in reference context. These are now considered extremely offensive.ContinueContinue reading “lABLEd Podcast PRIDE History Lesson : Audre Lorde”

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 a discussion of abuse and violent death. Episode Transcript fabled-2-changelings_otter_aiDownload Transcript Further Information https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0015587X.1988.9716425?journalCode=rfol20 https://mappingignorance.org/2020/06/22/the-changelings-fairy-tales-about-autism/ https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/cripology-episode-1-fairies-changelings-and-the-link/id1151890990?i=1000533605206&l=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling https://www.amazon.co.uk/Burning-Bridget-Cleary-True-Story/dp/1844139344

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. Episode Transcript labled-ep-31-peter-goadby-watt_otter_aiDownload Transcript Connect with our Guest https://www.pgwimaging.com/ Like LABLEd Podcast on Facebook TweetContinueContinue reading “Episode 31: Peter Goadby – Watt”

[Monday 14:43] labledpodcast Our guest is former Equalities Convener for the Scottish National Party Fiona Robertson this week as a prelude to our LGBTQIA Pride Series. We talk about the importance of intersectional inclusion and the difficulties of promoting equality within the current political system. Episode Transcript labled-ep-30-fiona-roberstson_otter_aiDownload Transcript Connect with our Guest https://twitter.com/FionasWriting SupportContinueContinue reading “Episode 30: Fiona Robertson”