Emma Purcell

Editor & Writer at Disability Horizons. Blogger at Rock For Disability. Loves live music, comedy, acting, chocolate and is a Harry Potter fanatic.
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Strictly Amy: Crohn’s and Me – A documentary about dancer Amy Dowden living with Crohn’s disease

Strictly dancer Amy Dowden opens up and shares what life is like living with Crohn’s disease in new documentary.

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Wellbeing & Fitness

Living with acute retinal necrosis: what it means for me

Emma Purcell, who is registered blind, details how her visual impairment, caused by acute retinal necrosis, affects her and her…

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Entertainment & Culture

Disabled contestants competing on Strictly and Bake Off 2020

Disabled contestants Marc Elliott and JJ Chalmers are both competing in two of the UK's biggest TV shows - Bake…

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Entertainment & Culture

Steve Brown: Paralympic wheelchair rugby player and television presenter

We speak to Steve Brown, former Paralympic wheelchair rugby player who captained Team GB at the London 2012 Paralympics and…

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Influential voices in the disability community reflect on Life After Lockdown

An online video called Life After Lockdown has been commissioned by the Mobility Unlimited Challenge (MUC), in which four disability…

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Entertainment & Culture

Joanne Roughton-Arnold: visually impaired violinist, opera singer and founder of FormidAbility

Joanne Roughton-Arnold is a visually impaired violinist, opera singer and the founder of the opera company formidAbility, which makes opera…

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Entertainment & Culture

Rising Phoenix: a documentary about the Paralympic Games movement

Paralympian's hail launch of ground-breaking movie Rising Phoenix, which features the story of the Paralympic Games movement and is streamin on…

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Transport for London makes accessibility improvements for disabled passengers during Covid-19

With people returning to work and school and public places – such as shops, pubs, restaurants and cinemas – having…

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Amputee veterans conquer 1,000-mile cycle ride in support of comrade with motor neurone disease

Ten amputee veterans joined firefighters to ride from John O’Groats to Lands’ End in support of a comrade with Motor…

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Entertainment & Culture

Cerrie Burnell: disabled actress, author and TV presenter

Cerrie Burnell is a disabled actress, author and TV presenter best known for being a presenter of the BBC children’s…

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