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In this episode, Scott Whitney reflects on the recent Empowerment Awards, highlighting the importance of celebrating the disability community. He shares personal experiences of the challenges faced by disabled individuals in accessing public transport to get to venues, emphasising the need for better accessibility and awareness. 

The conversation underscores the ongoing issues of social isolation and the responsibility of public transport providers to ensure accessibility.

The Empowerment Awards are a disability focused Awards arranged by Terri - Louise Brown, founder of Talks with MS

Have you had any transport nightmares getting to events?

If so, let us know.

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All 4 Inclusion presenter Kevin Daws catches up with Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson.

Kevin started interviewing people in written form to celebrate Disability History Month for All 4 Inclusion in October 2024. Following the success of these Interviews it was decided that we would continue these using our podcast and YouTube channel to present them.

You will also be able to catch up with them on our website too.

Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson has won 16 Paralympic medals, 11 of which are gold and won the London Marathon 6 times.

She played a big part in bringing London 2012 to reality for Paralympians.

Some may argue some of her biggest challenges have been away from sport. Battling society as a wheelchair user.

Born with Spina Bifida, Tanni had parents that pushed her to become the best version of herself that she could be and in turn encouraged her to help other disabled and non disabled people where possible.

Catch up with more All 4 Inclusion News on our website www.all4inclusion.org

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Imagine being diagnosed in one of the leading medical facilities in the world and the Neurologists say they have never seen this before

Enter New Jersey resident Lauren McDermott who endures the degenerative condition called Stiff Person Syndrome or SPS. A condition that is more well known now thanks to Celine Dion being diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome. When I say thanks, I wish that Celine Dion wouldn't have to suffer with SPS either.

Lauren goes in to great details with some of the pre cursors that may have been warning signs regarding her disability.

She talks about how disability has impacted her professionally and socially.

She tells me what someone with Stiff Person Syndrome can expect and exactly how she felt.

She explains why sun glasses are her best friend when going to doctors appointments.

Whilst one in a million suffer from Stiff Person Syndrome, we just think Lauren is one in a million

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Dyspraxia, a condition that many have heard of but don't understand or not even heard of.

That's why we wanted to speak with Rosemary Richings, author of Stumbling Through Time and Space (living life with dyspraxia) to find out how it impacts someone on a day to basis.

How can we support friends and family members with dyspraxia like Rosemary?

How can businesses be more accessible and inclusive to people like Rosemary?

What needs to change?

Check out our blog page: Blogs - All 4 Inclusion
Watch some of our highlights on our Youtube channel:  All4inclusion - YouTube

If you want to get in contact with Rosemary you can do so on this link:
rosemary_richings | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

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An interview with Alex Winstanley from Happy Smiles Training CIC.

Alex is CEO and Founder of Happy Smiles, an author of children's books, Shaw Trust Power 100 representative and close friend to Hayden.

He is a great a11y for the disability community, he shares tips on how to be a great ally and who you want to align yourselves with.

(1) Alex Winstanley | LinkedIn

Inclusion and Diversity Training for Schools, Business & Community (happysmilestraining.co.uk)

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Dee Smith has Friedreichs Ataxia, one in 15,000 people worldwide.

That means there is 0.0002% of the population have Friedreichs Ataxia. 

Dee explains University life and her career as an actress and model. How she battles with those less accessible to her and gives advice to others on how to be more exclusive.

She tells a story of when she was asked to be a bridesmaid - which led to her being forced to cut off her friend due to ableism

It was great speaking to Dee and seeing her outlook on disabled life.

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Kirsty Hayward has diagnosed late with ADHD. In this podcast she tells us how ADHD has impacted her life and what it would have meant to have been diagnosed sooner.

Kirsty helps business create and accessible and inclusive workspace for their employees. There is a lot more to this than the physical environment you need to ensure you have inclusive policies and an inclusive culture too.

I learnt a lot from talking to Kirsty and I hope you do too.

Kirsty can be contacted using the links below. Some of the direct links to her blogs are on her Linktree

(1) Kirsty Hayward ⭐️ | LinkedIn

@KirstyHayward | Instagram | Linktree

Workplace Wellbeing | Kirsty Hayward Workplace Wellbeing Consultancy

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Nate Williams, co founder of The Ability Group in Sport talks to us about finding his dream job and then setting up a platform to enable others to do this too.

Whilst we talk about Nate's career, this is very transferable. Nate discussed a wider team learning from disabled colleagues - this could be done in a call centre, shop floor, education facilities etc.... Having and being proactive to an inclusion policy, allows businesses to grow faster.

Nate has travelled the world, gaining access to different sporting venues, meeting lots of different people. This allows him to call upon his lived experience - he knows what inclusive looks like, he knows what accessible looks like from the perspective of a wheelchair user. He knows what it looks like for people who suffer from other disabilities too, because he is proactive in finding out what inclusion looks like for different people.

Find TAGS on Linked in here  The Ability Group in Sport (TAGS): Overview | LinkedIn

Nate Williams profile  Nate Williams | LinkedIn

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Joining me on this podcast is Jamie Shields, who is currently working on his new podcast Inclusivi-T

Jamie is registered blind and has identified through his lived experience that society stops him from doing things more than his disability.

Jamie talks about his education, mental health and work - not all have been inclusive and accessible. He also shares some great tips to make your social media posts more accessible - whether you are a business or using it as part of your social life.

A positive advocate for anyone with any disability, Jamie is very open in speaking about his feelings during life. This is something that businesses managing disabled people can learn from.

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Ross Hovey has Spinal Muscular Atrophy type 2 ( SMA ), although under today's criteria he may have been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy type 3.

August was Spinal Muscular Atrophy awareness month, but we believe education needs to last longer than a month.

The NHS state on their website that intelligence is not impacted by having Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Listening to this podcast you will not see Ross in a wheelchair and will not see the lack of movement. Talking to Ross before the recording we spoke about our careers, he asked me a lot about my story and we talked about football. It won't take anyone a long time in Ross's company to understand that he is not only a intelligent man but also a very social one too.

We discuss how Spinal Muscular Atrophy impacted on Ross's education, social life and his career. He tells us what he would of done differently had he had his time again and he shares three tips for others either with Spinal Muscular Atrophy.