Podcasts about accessable

For GAAD (Global Accessibility Awareness Day) 2025 (Thursday 15 May 2025) we are going to focus on access to heritage for blind and partially sighted people as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey is joined by Rachael Osmotherley, Visitor Journey Development Manager for Access, Experiences and Partnerships at the national Trust to highlight the great accessAble Guides for over 1,000 national Trust locations.  Rachael began by telling Toby about how the project came about, an overview of what sort of access information around the Trust's locations and properties feature in the AccessAble Guides and especially information for blind and partially sighted visitors. The national Trust AccessAble Guides can be found by either visiting the accessAble website - https://www.accessable.co.uk Or by visiting the access for Everyone pages of the national Trust website - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/about-us/access-for-everyone  (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

Part 2If you've heard of Stuart Mabbut, it's likely to be through his podcast or Wildman Environmental Learning.His sensory nature workshops enable people to connect with the natural world, sometimes an unlikely beginning leads to a life revelation. And when he's not doing that, Stuart is a wildlife sound recordist and producer, an author, public speaker, radio host and a wildlife gardening consultant.In Part 2 of our interview Stuart discusses the first time he was discriminated against because of his disabilities and what he learned from that experience. He also talks about how he networks, how he chooses his interns, and what makes a CV stand out, and his very surprising hobby.He also talks about his campaign, The Genuine Disabled Countryside Access Task Force, which highlights the issues encountered by people with different disabilities. These include how to get a wheelchair through a kissing gate, how to read a map with vision impairments and many other barriers. His YouTube videos are enlightening and revelatory, as he invites a film crew to join him trying to access the countryside in his wheelchair.Mentioned in this podcast:Wildman Environmental WorkshopsThe People's Countryside Podcast:YouTube @WildmanEnvironmentalLearningSee also:AccessAble accessibility guideOther episodes:Stuart Mabbutt aka The Wildman Part 1 S3 Ep3Sanjukta Jitendhar​​​​, architect, Mikhail Riches S1 Ep 9Sarah Kessell CEO of The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales S1 Ep 5Rae Wilkinson, award-winning sustainable garden designer S1 Ep 1About ProGRESSHost Sandra Kessell invites guests to discuss their pro- Green, Ethical, Sustainable and Socially responsible jobs, courses or activities and asks for real-world insights into the pathways and careers that led to them.Instagram: theprogress_podcastOriginal content © Sandra KessellOriginal music © Lyze KessellEmail: hello@mypro-gress.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 1Stuart Mabbutt can recall the first time he engaged with the natural world and wanted to know more. He was in primary school, came across a dead magpie, and wondered why someone had ringed it. His teacher, meanwhile, was trying to persuade Stuart to leave it alone.And so began a lifelong involvement, not only in nature, but in being something of a contrarian.If you've heard of Stuart, it's likely to be through his podcast or Wildman Environmental Learning.His sensory nature workshops enable people to connect with the natural world, sometimes an unlikely beginning leads to a life revelation.And when he's not doing that, Stuart is a wildlife sound recordist and producer, an author, public speaker, radio host and a wildlife gardening consultant.After years helping other people find themselves through the great outdoors, a decline in Stuart's health and a need to use a wheelchair prompted him to lead the Oxfordshire campaign The Genuine Disabled Countryside Access Task Force. His YouTube videos are eye-opening, highlighting the issues encountered by people with different disabilities. These include how to get a wheelchair through a kissing gate, how to read a map with vision impairments and many other barriers.Mentioned in this podcast:Wildman Environmental WorkshopsThe People's Countryside Podcast:YouTube @WildmanEnvironmentalLearningSee also:AccessAble accessibility guideOther episodes:Stuart Mabbutt AKA The Wildman Part 2 S3 Ep 4Sanjukta Jitendhar​​​​, architect, Mikhail Riches S1 Ep 9Sarah Kessell CEO of The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales S1 Ep 5Rae Wilkinson, award-winning sustainable garden designer S1 Ep 1About ProGRESSHost Sandra Kessell invites guests to discuss their pro- Green, Ethical, Sustainable and Socially responsible jobs, courses or activities and asks for real-world insights into the pathways and careers that led to them.Instagram: theprogress_podcastOriginal content © Sandra KessellOriginal music © Lyze KessellEmail: hello@mypro-gress.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you accessible to your partner? I mean EVERYTHING !!Nothing hidden, We think of "Accessibility" as access to something. However, here we chat about being accessible to your partner with everything.Is there anything that your partner does NOT have access to?Thanks for listening, are you as accessable as we are?

This week, Chris interviews Daniel O'Conner and Bradley Haven of All Access Life! All Access Life is a nonprofit that showcases the latest trends and movements in adaptive products and assistive technologies on their website allaccesslife.org. They share about how they met when Daniel was Bradleys Aide in high school (Bradley has nonverbal Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy), how they came to decide to create a nonprofit together, and how they developed their mission to share information about adaptive products. They also discuss Bradley's AAC journey and how the technology has progressed from the switches Bradley used as a teenager to his current eye tracking he uses on his TD Pilot device.   Before the interview, Rachel shares about a family who had a very strong emotional reaction to having their child's voice changed from a child's voice to a teenager's voice, and why we need to include the family and give lots of advance warning if we want to make a change to voice output for maturity purposes.   Key Ideas this Week:  

The National Trust who protect and look after hundreds of historic buildings, gardens and precious collections, miles of coastline, woodlands, and the countryside, who have and continue to provide access for blind and partially sighted people have just launched their programme for 2024 which includes many exciting projects around access too.  In what will be the first of a number of interviews and features focusing on the National Trust's access offer for blind and partially sighted people RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey caught up with Dr Heather Smith, Access and Equality Specialist at the National Trust for an introduction to the Trust and to find out more about their access offer for disabled people and of course blind and partially sighted people too.  The first exciting projects around access that Heather mentioned to Toby was the production of around 1,000 guides looking at the accessibility of National Trust locations that the Trust has been working on with AccessAble highlighting what sort of access information will be included in the guides and how they will help blind and partially sighted visitors.  Then to how the Trust has been trialing the use of the NaviLens codes and technology at one of their Devon properties and how the Trust's digital team have been working with the RNIB on the use of the NaviLens technology to a couple of access projects that Heather is looking forward to the National Trust launch this year. If you would like to find out more about access at one of the National Trust locations near you or just more about access generally then do email accessforall@nationaltrust.org.uk or visit the following Access for Everyone pages of the National Trust website - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/about-us/access-for-everyone (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

Speaker: Ross Runnels

Lydia Wilkins is a freelance journalist and author based in the UK who covers disability and social issues. Her work has appeared in publications such as The Metro, The Independent, Refinery 29, The Daily Mail and PosAbility Magazine. She writes a newsletter on Substack discussing the intersection between feminism and disability culture. Her debut book, “The Autism-Friendly Cookbook,” was published in November 2022. She is also an ambassador for AccessAble, an organization providing access guides across the UK. During this episode, you will hear Lydia talk about: Her experience working as an autistic journalist What inspired her to write “The Autism-Friendly Cookbook," and how her book makes cooking more accessible for autistic people How clear communication skills are both critical and underrated  The difference between asking informed questions and expecting emotional labor from people with disabilities  Content warning: occasional swearing, a reference to suicide Limited-time giveaway! Beyond 6 Seconds is also giving away a copy of "The Autism-Friendly Cookbook" to two of our listeners in the United States! Check out my post on Twitter (pinned post) or Threads on Monday, July 24th, 2023 for more information. Up to two winners will be chosen at random. Valid for US addresses only. Giveaway ends at 11:59pm EDT on Friday, August 4, 2023. “The Autism-Friendly Cookbook” is also available for purchase on the Jessica Kingsley Publishers US and UK websites, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, and Waterstones. Find out more about Lydia and her work at LydiaWilkins.co.uk, subscribe to her Substack newsletter The Disabled Feminist, and follow her on Instagram and Twitter. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube. Read the episode transcript. Follow the Beyond 6 Seconds podcast in your favorite podcast player! Subscribe to the FREE Beyond 6 Seconds newsletter for early access to new episodes! Support this podcast at BuyMeACoffee.com/Beyond6Seconds and get a shout-out on a future episode! *Disclaimer: The views, guidance, opinions, and thoughts expressed in Beyond 6 Seconds episodes are solely mine and/or those of my guests, and do not necessarily represent those of my employer or other organizations.*

We're hearing the story of Emily Korir talking about her book, telling her testimony of how God has taken her from Stroke survivor to working with people who have disability. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cory Lee recently spoke to Accessible Travel Blogger and Head of Marketing at AccessAble, Carrie-Anne Lightley. Carrie-Anne spoke about how she started her blog, her job at AccessAble and how she juggles both of these responsibilities. You can watch the video version and previous discussions on our Facebook page and YouTube channel. Follow us on Facebook and Subscribe to our Youtube Channel for new episodes live-streamed every two weeks.

About 19,000 people in the capital city live with a disability. That means about one in five people over the age of 15 within the City of Victoria are impacted by the level of accessibility when they move about the city. In this episode we talk to a father with a disabled son about what life is like when access to places most people take for granted is denied.

Teresa Ellis - (she/her/femme)  has been teaching fitness since 2008. Ever since then Teresa's goal has been to make movement available and accessible to the people who have never felt comfortable walking into a status quo studio because the staff and participants would look down on you if you didn't fit the aesthetic. As a black queer femme and a former sex worker, Teresa knows what it feels like to be othered, so she opened pilates bar and jams in 2017 to center black, brown and indigenous humans, as well as queer fat bodied, trans, non binary humans and sex workers. Teresa says “There is no such thing as a pilates body”   Pilates Bar and Jams is "feeling good, feeling strong, being able to do functional movements pain free is our ideal." The fat sex therapist said “thinness is a white supremacist beauty ideal” Teresa gives us a look at the history of Pilates and what it's been like to run her business in this time of covid. Teresa talks to us about her Strong Squad that she has created with her buisness model. check out the classes Teresa offers on-line.https://www.pilatesbarreandjams.com/

FOLLOW UP: EX-CEO WINTERKORN FINALLY FACES TRIALProceedings have finally started against Martin Winterkorn over accusations of fraud and market manipulation, connected with #dieselgate. To read more, click the Autblog article here.FOLLOW UP: FURTHER EIGHT VW EMPLOYEES CHARGEDEight more employees of the Volkswagen Group have been charged in connection with the #dieselgate scandal, concerning either encouraging, supporting or not preventing the defeat device from being fitted, amongst other charges. To read more, click the Reuters link here.FOLLOW UP: FCA SETTLES OVER REPORTING SALES CHARGEFCA has paid $40 million fine, whilst admitting no guilt, to the charge of misreporting their monthly sales figures, in the US. The Securities and Exchange Commission brought the case against the company. To read more, click the RoadShow article here.FOLLOW UP: UBER GET 18 MONTH LICENSE IN LONDONUber has now been allowed to continue working in London, after it was awarded an 18-month license. They have been deemed to have improved enough to allow them to continue their service in the capital. Much to the relief of the police. To read more, click the BBC News article here.GREATER MANCHESTER CAZ CONSULTATIONSGreater Manchester will open two public consultations regarding the need to create a Class C Clean Air Zone (CAZ) in the region. This is aimed at commercial vehicles and not private cars nor motorbikes. To read more, click the Air Quality News article here.HIGHWAYS ENGLAND TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR DISABLED DRIVERSHighways England, in partnership with AccessAble, will be creating 360 degree images that will enable disabled people to see what the facilities are like at service stations, helping them to plan ahead. To read more about this excellent initiative, click the Motoring Research article here.GOVERNMENT CLARIFIES PETROL FORECOURT USELast week the Government stated that drivers should not use service stations and petrol forecourts unless it is absolutely necessary. This caused a bit of a noise from petrol retailers, which led to a clarification of exactly what was meant. Essentially, be safe, keep your distance, wear gloves when using petrol pumps, wear a mask etc. To read more, click the Motoring Research article here.VW TO PAY BRAZILIANS COMPENSATIONVolkswagen has admitted to helping the military ruling governments from 1964- 85, by informing on employees who may have unfavourable political leanings. The amount has been agreed and will be distributed to those affected. To read more about this startling matter, click the Guardian article here.ROAD SAFETY REPORTING GUIDELINESThe Active Travel Academy has released suggestions for the media when reporting on road safety. This is heavily leaning towards cycling, as you would expect, but does reiterate the need to stop saying “accident” and replace it with “collision” or “crash”. In a nutshell, they are asking for balanced, neutral language that does not alienate one form of transport over another. To read more, click the Guardian article here.WORLD’S LARGEST CAR MAKERS NAMEDThe Daily Kanban lists the World’s largest car makers on a regular basis, as this is not a usual year the chaps were interested to see the effect of the global pandemic on manufacturing. As expected it is quite impactful. To read more, click on the article here.TOTAL BUYS BLUE POINT LONDON CHARGING NETWORKTotal has bought London’s largest charging network, Blue Point London, with the aim of having over 150,000 charging points across metropolitan areas of Europe. To read more, click the Business Wire article here._____________________________________________If you like what we do, on this show, and think it is worth a £1.00, please consider supporting us via Patreon. Here is the link to that CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST——————————————————————————-NURBURGRING 24HROver the weekend was this year’s Nurburgring 24hr race, unlike last year’s ‘Sausage Watch’ thanks to Alan’s fixation of trying the wonderful culinary options at the race, no crowds were there. However, the race and weather did not disappoint. Thanks to horrific conditions there was a 9 hour overnight red flag, which bunched the field up again. All of which, combined with another unexpected rainstorm an hour before the end, meant the race was as exciting and unpredictable as ever. Congratulations to Charlie Martin for her 4th place in class, on her first outing. To find out more about the race, click the Motorsport article here.LUNCHTIME READ: IS YOUR ELECTRIC CAR BATTERY-FARMED OR FREE RANGEFriend of the show, Nir Kahn, has written a very interesting article calling out the industry on judging an EV on the size of its battery. Efficiency and therefore lightness are keys to a better electric vehicle, which Nir goes on to explain. To read more, click the LinkedIn article here.LIST OF THE WEEK: 15 FAT ESTATES THAT AREN’T OBVIOUS OR EXPENSIVETop Gear has provided this week’s wonderful List of the Week, which looks at estates and quirky ones at that. Run through the list and see if there are any in it that will tempt you away from an SUV for your next vehicle. To see the options, click the article link here.AND FINALLY: THE SIGNS THAT YOU ARE DRIVING IN FRANCEEach country has its own quirky when it comes to road signage, France is no different. Whilst you plan your next journey, over or under the Channel, have a look at the article from Drive France, which will help you from making a mistake or potentially having an accident. To read more, click the link here.

Challenging Behaviours Podcast is a podcast that aims to challenge the behaviours of society towards disability. In this episode we spoke with travel blogger Carrie-Ann Lightley about accessible travel both at home and abroad, plus the work that AccessAble do! Guest appearances by Eira the Cat and Poppy the "snores like an old man" dog. You can follow Carrie-Ann on twitter @CarrieALightley and visit her blog: www.carrieannlightley.com You can find information about AccessAble at www.accessable.co.uk You can follow us @challengingpod and email us at challengingbehaviourspodcast@gmail.com Please do share/like/subscribe/rate/review/petition for a room in a local community centre to be named after us.

Many gamers today have tons of books, dice, mats, minis, music files, apps and sites they utilize. But what happens when some of this is inaccessible to your players? This week, thanks to a contributor, Sara and Rob dive into how to assist, adapt and play in a world with players and characters with disabilities.  Links: The Mary Sue: The Surprising Ways Blind Players Have Made Games Like Dungeons & Dragons Accessible Fate Accessibility Toolkit • Prototype Edition    

Nothing feels better during the start of the January winter than daydreaming about those ideal vacation getaways we want to plan. All those warm, tropical destinations we’d love to escape to during these winter months. But let’s be real…planning a vacation or trip when you have a chronic illness or disability can be quite complicated. We want to make holidays fun and spontaneous again, so we enlisted the help of someone who’s an expert in travel with a chronic illness, Carrie-Ann Lightley. As a disability travel blogger, Carrie-Ann has sent over 15 years learning how to best survey and examine hotels, venues, transportation and vacation destinations to suit those with disabilities or chronic illness from her experience living with cerebral palsy. And now she’s the Marketing Manager for the UK’s leading virtual accessibility guide AccessAble which provides detailed information about all things travel through their trained surveyors. So, no better person than Carrie-Ann to bring on the Season Three opener and give us all the traveler advice and holiday tips so we can put the fun back in our vacation and travel life—no matter how long your trip may be. In this episode, Carrie-Ann and Dominique chat about their top three countries on their traveler’s list (which ALL three are identical!), and how Carrie-Ann answer to ‘what was your childhood dream job?’ was probably one of the best answers we’ve ever had on the podcast, examine what the top questions someone should think of when picking their holiday destinations or researching about whether hotels, venues or restaurants are accessible, and talk openly about why it’s pivotal those of us with chronic illness/disability chat with our travel companions (family, friends, partners, etc) BEFORE any trip about how they can be helpful in certain scenarios so no one’s making major decisions under pressure. And our intermission story time is filled with major laughs as Carrie-Ann tells us a story that involves a vacation to Spain, her husband, an ocean view and an unfortunate encounter with a light pole—trust us, it’s unlike any story we’ve heard before and Dominique lives for a good surprise ending! Plus, we bring back our new segment of Top Search and bring on the dialogue about what are the top searched questions people are asking when deciding on travelling, top questions they search when considering whether locations or venues are accessible to their medical needs, the top questions we should be asking hotels if we need assistance, and the top hashtags to search on social media when checking out holiday spots. And the end of our episode is JAM-PACKED with facts and tips our guests should take some major notes on because Carrie-Ann and Dominique give the best advice for when you travel on the small day outing, the weekend trip and the long vacation holiday, the best tips for packing—especially if you have medical needs to pack with you too—efficiently for a trip, and the guidebook to scheduling activities into your holidays so they’re medically tangible yet spontaneous too, so it’s fun and stress-free for everyone involved! Carrie-Ann even brings up some surprising statistics that prove why it’s not just ideal to make your venue accessible for guests, but it’s also a major avenue of revenue to bring in many more guests if they can use the facility and enjoy their holidays there. Venues, hotels and holiday destinations should become more inclusive, it’s a fact, and it just makes sense. You will be booking your next holiday with so much excitement after you check out this episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The last portion of our LG G6 lock screen tricks focuses on facial recognition. Note that this is not the same as the iPhone X in that this is a 2D image, not a 3D image, and therefore less secure. But is it accessable to Talkback users?

On episode 8 of LatinX Point of View Podcast we discuss "Affordable Housing Shortage." During this episode the affordable housing shortage that we are seeing in major cities across the US. In 30 minutes we share our LatinX Point of View on Affordable vs Accessable housing, Renting vs Homeownership and how communities are designed .

In this episode of Have Disability, Will Travel we chat with Carrie-Ann Lightley. Carrie-Ann has been involved in the accessible travel since the age of 18 where she wore many different hats at Travel For All for over a decade.  She is now working for AccessAble, an organization offering access guides to thousands of sites… Continue Reading Carrie-Ann Lightley – S01 E06

Kalle Vähä-Jaakkola, co-founder of Space Nation joins us to talk Astronaut Training and making space accessible to mere mortals.Launches:Atlas V launches AFSPC 11Falcon 9 launches TESSProton launches Blagovest No. 12LNews:Meteorite Diamonds!New Orbital ATK RocketDARKNESS will hunt for planets

Kalle Vähä-Jaakkola, co-founder of Space Nation joins us to talk Astronaut Training and making space accessible to mere mortals.Launches:Atlas V launches AFSPC 11Falcon 9 launches TESSProton launches Blagovest No. 12LNews:Meteorite Diamonds!New Orbital ATK RocketDARKNESS will hunt for planets=== CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ===Twitter.com/TMROFacebook.com/TMROTVYouTube.com/TMROReddit.com/r/tmroTwitch.tv/TMROTMRO.tv=== OUR REAL-TIME DISCORD CHANNEL ===All of the TMRO Shows are created and maintained in our Discord channel. Escape Velocity Patrons have access to a special room, but we also have free #general rooms that anyone can participate in. Join in for free at https://discord.gg/9NkkFWD=== TMRO IS CROWD FUNDED ===TMRO shows are crowd funded. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for per-episode contribution or http://www.makersupport.com/tmro for monthly contributions and reward information.

Today's 5 minute Talk Business With Howard podcast with business expert and CEO advisor, Howard Lewinter, to improve and grow your business is: How Accessable Are You To Your Customers And Employees?