<p>The Access All team were shocked when Ellie Simmonds left this year’s season of Strictly Come Dancing – the first person with dwarfism to compete on the show.
But the dancing competition’s loss is this episode’s gain, as Ellie chats all things representation, ballroom, skydiving and her plans for the future.
Why do we only ever hear about disabled da ... Show More
Jun 3
"I had to give up my job": How accessible is the court system?
When Vikki Walton-Cole became a wheelchair-user she had to quit her job as a social worker because the courts she worked in were no longer accessible to her. Years later, she was excused from jury service, against her wishes, for the same reason. Journalist Kateryna Pavlyuk digs ... Show More
41m 19s
Apr 2022
Ellie Simmonds: British Paralympian swimmer, Gynaecology waiting lists, Threads, Ukranian Dancers, Meriel Beale,
The Paralympic five time gold medallist Ellie Simmonds was born with achondroplasia, the most common type of dwarfism. A new drug currently being trialled in the NHS and now approved for use in the USA aims to help children with achondroplasia grow taller. In a new BBC documentar ... Show More
57m 37s
Mar 2023
BBC Tackles Gary Lineker
What should the BBC do about the Match of the Day host, after criticism of his tweets on the government's asylum policy?Former director of BBC News, Richard Sambrook, reveals how he would handle the comments, from an impartiality point of view, and media editor, Katie Razzall, di ... Show More
29m 29s