Emma Purcell

Editor & Writer at Disability Horizons. Blogger at Rock For Disability. Loves live music, comedy, acting, chocolate and is a Harry Potter fanatic.
Entertainment & Culture

Paralympian Ellie Simmonds set to take part in Strictly Come Dancing 2022

Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds - who has a form of dwarfism - is set to take part in the new…

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Work & Education

5 accessible ways to succeed working from home if you have a disability

Working from home is becoming more possible and beneficial for people. Emma shares five simple ways to organise, plan, communicate…

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Entertainment & Culture

TV personality Scarlett Moffatt and music artist Billie Eilish open up about their lives with Tourette’s syndrome

TV personality Scarlett Moffatt is starring in her debut documentary – Britain’s Tourette’s Mystery- to investigate the rise of Tourette’s…

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Entertainment & Culture

Adam Pearson will test his cooking skills on Celebrity Masterchef 2022

TV presenter, actor and disability campaigner Adam Pearson is set to test his cooking skills when he participates in Celebrity…

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Assistive Tech & Products

5 reasons audio description is important to people with sight loss

Emma has been running a petition to make audio description available on all films, TV shows and streaming services. Emma…

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Entertainment & Culture

Meet the deaf contestants taking part in Hunted and Love Island 2022

Reality shows Hunted and Love Island have confirmed deaf contestants will be competing in this year’s series.

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Entertainment & Culture

Disability in the spotlight on Britain’s Got Talent 2022

Britain’s Got Talent 2022 is in full swing and the 15th series has featured even more amazing auditions from performers…

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Entertainment & Culture

Rose Ayling-Ellis continues to shine a light on sign language by winning a BAFTA and signing a CBeebies bedtime story

Deaf actress and Strictly champion Rose Ayling-Ellis has again shown the importance of British Sign Language (BSL) by winning a…

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Entertainment & Culture

Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder on being a rockstar with ADHD

We speak to Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder, who was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia in 2020.

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Lifestyle

Jess Thom: changing the narrative about Tourette’s

We speak to Jess Thom about living with Tourette’s, her creative project Touretteshero and her appearances on stage and screen.

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