Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey present some of our favourite interviews from 2023. From celebs through to people with amazing stories that we've helped bring to the public's attention. At 41, Melanie, a disabled Australian woman, had never had sex so she hired a sex--worker or "sexpert" called Chase who helped her to understand her body and give her the confidence she needed to form new relationships. After we featured it, her story went round the world. When comedian Rosie Jones joined us earlier in the year, she was in the middle of filming a documentary for Channel 4 about the trolling of disabled people - a programme whose title went on to cause plenty of headlines. And polific writer Jack Thorne, a man who has lifelong connections with disability, had just come out as autistic. He spoke to us ahead of his then latest drama, Best Interests, about a 13-year-old girl called Marnie on a life support machine. Her parents wanted to keep her alive and were battling the hospital and the courts. Mixed by Dave O'Neill and produced by Emma Tracey, Beth Rose, Keiligh Baker and Alix Pickles. Editor is Damon Rose, senior editor Sam Bonham. Share this podcast with people you know will appreciate it. If you don't , they may never know it exists. Follow us @BBCAccessAll on X, or mail accessall@bbc.co.uk
‘How Taylor Swift helps me to tell the time’
'I'm visually impaired, but cancer information wasn't accessible'
“People have turned off their fridges to save money”
From three carers to none
The mystery of the missing disability minister
Anne Hegerty: ‘Quizzing is easy, household tasks are the hard bit’
The battle for BSL
Family of six share a one-bed flat while new house is made accessible
'Wet wipes and dry shampoo get you a long way'
‘Half my income goes on energy bills’
The summer catch-up
The integrated games
Locked away in Ukraine’s orphanages
'My leg amputation was the best day of my life'
‘I was stuck in my flat for 12 days in the searing heat’
Staying cool in heatwave hell
The actress and the stolen photos
'Dad had to carry me up stairs to the LGBT party'
Hitting the mosh pit in my wheelchair
"100 miles from home, no one could visit me”
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