The BFI has launched ‘Disabled Britain on Film’, a rich and varied free online collection of more than 170 films from across…
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Do you hate the term ‘wheelchair-bound’? What does it portray and mean to you? Our deputy editor Shannon, who uses…
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Coronation Street character Josh Tucker recently became blind after side-stepping justice and escaping jail. Does his new disability mean it’s…
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As the Great British Bake Off comes to a close, Disability Horizons writer and Bake Off superfan Raisa debates whether…
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We don’t think that there are enough books with disabled characters as the hero or heroine. So, we’ve decided to…
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After watching jaw-dropping negativity of disability in a film, our Deputy Editor Shannon Kelly was compelled to write an article…
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As part of a podcast series, Disability Horizons Co-founder Martyn Sibley has been interviewing famous and influential disabled people from…
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Trying to change attitudes towards learning disabilities in the media can be difficult. However, for a group of young journalists,…
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Disabled writer and actor Thom Jackson-Wood, who has ME, talks to Disability Horizons about his films, Awaken and The Black…
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Comedian and blogger Ted Shiress, who recently wrote for us about disability and using escorts, talks about the media and…
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