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Entertainment & Culture

19 animation characters with disabilities

Have you seen many disabled characters in kids' films or animations? Our writer Raya has rounded up 10 characters with…

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Work & Education

13 disabled scientists you should explore and discover

We share 10 disabled scientists you should explore and discover, including physicists Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein.

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Entertainment & Culture

20 books with a disabled character as the lead or focus of the story

It's rare that you see a disabled character in a novel, let alone as the lead. Our writer, Raya, rounds…

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Entertainment & Culture

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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Entertainment & Culture

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2023: supporting and celebrating everyday activists

Disability Horizons is excited for next week, when the Human Rights Watch Film Festival kicks off in London and online…

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News

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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News

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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Entertainment & Culture

Hamza Yassin believes his dyslexia was the secret weapon to winning Strictly Come Dancing 2022

Wildlife cameraman and presenter Hamza Yassin believes his dyslexia was the secret weapon in winning strictly 2022.

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Entertainment & Culture

True Colors Festival 2022: a global concert celebrating inclusion, diversity and difference in the performing arts

The True Colors Festival is a long-running international festival of performing arts that celebrates diversity and inclusion and embraces the…

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Entertainment & Culture

Natalie Balmain: Candidate with health conditions become alternative Prime Minister

We speak to the winner of Make Me Prime Minister, Natalie Balmain, who lives with Type 1 diabetes and depression.

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