New pod day is here! 🎙️
Autistic comedian Ashley Storrie chats to
@emmajtraceyabout her new @BBCThree comedy drama Dinosaur.

And a viral clip sparks discussion about prejudice against wheelchair users.

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“It’s a great time to be disabled” – Tom Shakespeare is the star of this week’s podcast bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

“I’m not an effing wheelchair, I’m Tom” – the frustrations of being disabled, as conveyed by Tom Shakespeare 🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

“You become invisible” – that’s what Tom Shakespeare says happened to him, as a person of short stature, when he became a wheelchair user late on in life bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

“I started writing fiction because most people don’t read my academic books” – disability academic Tom Shakespeare on his first novel bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

New pod is out – download it while it’s hot – on this episode: Tom Shakespeare on why he's put a disabled hero at the centre of his first novel 🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

'Walking into the house, there were loud crowds. I had my earplugs in, which allowed me to be more present'

As an actor, Bradley Riches is used to crowds of fans

As an autistic person, he's found ways to manage the sensory overload that comes with it

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'If I want to stim, I'm going to stim and not feel ashamed of it'

Actor and Heartstopper star, Bradley Riches opens up about his coping mechanisms as an autistic person in the Big Brother house

Listen to the full podcast, below👇

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'I would ghost people because I was too worried about confronting the fact that they thought I was strange'

Jamie finds it hard to discuss his ADHD

He created a dating app that gives people a space to be honest about their neurodiversity

Listen now!

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'I started to find these people who were very similar to me and I began to use my voice'

Heartstopper star, Bradley Riches reveals how his autism meant he didn’t speak until the age of 10

But drama classes helped him find his voice, and his passion

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'I really struggle with is eye contact. So, when I was on dates I knew that could be perceived as being rude'

Jamie has ADHD and struggled to navigate the scary world of dating

So he designed his own dating app that he says is neuro-divergent-friendly

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'The kitchen was white - the white lights were absolutely disgusting'

Heartstopper star, Bradley Riches opens up about stimming and dealing with sensory overload in the Celebrity Big Brother house

Check out the full article, below 👇

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'When I was in Big Brother I just felt so accepted. If I want to stim I’m going to stim'

Actor Bradley Riches is used to playing other characters

But on Celebrity Big Brother, he learnt to embrace his autism

Listen now!

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It's podcast day, and it's a cracker!

Heartstopper star, Bradley Riches tells us what it was like navigating the Big Brother house as an autistic person

Plus, we discover a dating app that claims to be neuro-divergent-friendly

Listen now!🎧

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We’ve got a request for you all!

Next month will mark our 100th episode, and we need your help!

We want you to share the best advice another disabled person has given you

Our very own Emma Tracey has the details, below 👇

A UN special adviser asks the UK to respond to claims that “reforms within social welfare benefits are premised on a notion that disabled people are undeserving and defrauding the system” bit.ly/3x1Pdyy

“I have bad coordination skills. I always say I fell into comedy by accident.” Don Biswas on life as a comedian with dyspraxia, ADHD and autism. 🎧bit.ly/43p3QYR

“How can the government not be embarrassed?” a disabled people’s organisation reacts after the UK faced tough questioning at the UN over its attitude towards disabled people. bit.ly/43p3QYR

“The government needs to take this seriously.” Vicky Foxcroft MP 💙 reacts after the UN questions Britain’s treatment of disabled people. bit.ly/3x1Pdyy

If you’re not 1 of the millions who’ve already seen actress Madison Tevlin show why Downs Syndrome is the least interesting thing about her, here she is doing it again: 🎧bit.ly/3VoNeOU (It's ok to listen even if you’ve already seen her on Youtube, we don’t mind).