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Melissa Johns: disabled actress and advocate for disability in the performing arts

We speak to Melissa Johns about living wiih her disability, her acting career both on stage and screen, her appearance…

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Arthur Hughes on being an actor on stage and screen with an upper-limb difference

We speak to disabled actor Arthur Hughes about his career starring in The Innocents, Help and Then Barbara Met Alan,…

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Chris McCausland: stand-up comedian and actor with retinitis pigmentosa

We speak to comedian and actor Chris McCausland about living with his eye condition Retinitis Pigmentosa, his career in comedy…

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We speak to disabled BBC weather presenter Lucy Martin

Breaking Barriers: Meet Lucy Martin, the BBC’s Trailblazing Disabled Weather Presenter In an industry often criticized for lack of diversity,…

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16 films and documentaries with disabled characters played by disabled actors

We put together a list of 10 films with disabled characters played by disabled actors and disability documentaries you should watch…

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Top TV talent back first BBC Writersroom’s open call for disabled writers

Top TV writers and actors Rose Ayling-Ellis, Ruth Madeley and Jack Thorne have thrown their support behind a new BBC…

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Dare to Dance: Strictly’s Amy Dowden hosts her own dancing show

Strictly professional Amy Dowden is now hosting her own TV dancing show, Dare to Dance.

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Strictly Come Dancing seek a wheelchair dancer for new series

The BBC show Strictly Come dancing is reportedly looking for a celebrity wheelchair dancer to partner one of the professionals…

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TV Access Project: a coalition of broadcasters pledge to make the TV industry more accessible for disabled talent

The TV Access Project (TAP) is a coalition of 10 of the UK’s biggest broadcasters and streamers who have pledged…

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Inside Our Autistic Minds: Chris Packham helps give autistic people a voice in a new documentary

In a BBC documentary titled Inside Our Autistic Minds, Chris Packham meets autistic people from across the UK and helps…

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