Podcast
Adapt the World
Hosted by BBC Radio 1 · EN
Katie Thistleton and disability rights activist India Sasha are joined by some of your favourite content creators as they ask 'if the world was re-built tomorrow, what would you change to make life fairer and easier for disabled people?'
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Adapt the World with Anoushé Husain
Nov 26, 202200:15:45Tap to summarizeLife Hacks’ Katie Thistleton and influencer and disability rights activist India Sasha ask if the world was re-built tomorrow what would you change to make life fairer and easier for disabled people?In this episode they are joined by Anoushé Husain, a paraclimber with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. They discuss everything from climbing as a physically disabled person to allowing disabled people to try things and fail, rather than not letting them at all.
Transcribe →Adapt the World with Niall Aslam
Nov 26, 202200:13:26Tap to summarizeLife Hacks’ Katie Thistleton and influencer and disability rights activist India Sasha ask if the world was re-built tomorrow 'what would you change to make life fairer and easier for disabled people?'In this episode they are joined by Niall Aslam, a content creator and former Love Island contestant with Asperger's Syndrome. They discuss everything from masking your disability to disability and mental health.
Transcribe →Adapt the World with Fats Timbo
Nov 26, 202200:14:23Tap to summarizeLife Hacks’ Katie Thistleton and influencer and disability rights activist India Sasha ask if the world was re-built tomorrow 'what would you change to make life fairer and easier for disabled people?'In this episode they are joined by Fats Timbo, a comedian and model with Dwarfism. They discuss everything from replacing the term 'Dwarf' with 'Little Person' to the purple pound!
Transcribe →Adapt the World with Jessica Ping-Wild
Nov 26, 202200:12:34Tap to summarizeLife Hacks’ Katie Thistleton and influencer and disability rights activist India Sasha ask if the world was re-built tomorrow 'what would you change to make life fairer and easier for disabled people'. In this episode they are joined by Jessica Ping-Wild, self titled 'The Rolling Explorer'. Jessica shares her life online with a rare genetic condition called CHILD Syndrome. They discuss everything from positive inclusion when it comes to representation in the media, to being scared of disabled people!
Transcribe →Adapt the World with Maria Lyle
Nov 26, 202200:13:50Tap to summarizeLife Hacks’ Katie Thistleton and influencer and disability rights activist India Sasha ask if the world was rebuilt tomorrow 'what would you change to make life fairer and easier for disabled people?'In this episode they are joined by Maria Lyle, a paralympian who has competed at the highest level with cerebral palsy. They discuss everything from being less scared to ask about someone's disability to dating as a disabled person.
Transcribe →Adapt the World with Jazzy Whipps
Nov 26, 202200:14:59Tap to summarizeLife Hacks’ Katie Thistleton and influencer and disability rights activist India Sasha ask if the world was re-built tomorrow 'what would you change to make life fairer and easier for disabled people?' In this episode they are joined by Jazzy Whipps, a content creator who shares her life as a deaf person. They discuss everything from subtitling being more commonplace, to not addressing someone’s interpreter instead of themselves!
Transcribe →Adapt the World with Jacob Vickers
Nov 26, 202200:14:39Tap to summarizeLife Hacks’ Katie Thistleton and influencer and disability rights activist India Sasha ask if the world was re-built tomorrow 'what would you change to make life fairer and easier for disabled people?'
Transcribe →Adapt the World with BlindTobes
Nov 26, 202200:13:11Tap to summarizeLife Hacks’ Katie Thistleton and influencer and disability rights activist India Sasha ask if the world was re-built tomorrow 'what would you change to make life fairer and easier for disabled people?' In this episode they are joined by BlindTobes, a content creator who shares his life as a visually impaired person. They discuss everything from not making assumptions as to what disabled people can do, to not parking on the pavement!
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How can we be less wasteful?
Oct 30, 202100:14:59Tap to summarizeVick and Katie talk all about recycling, how you can recycle more, the benefits of doing it and reusing more often where you can, with environmental scientist Laura Young.
Transcribe →How to dress to save the planet
Oct 30, 202100:14:40Tap to summarizeVick and Katie discuss how to save the planet through fashion, from getting the clothes you want that are better for the environment and making the most of the clothes you already have with environmental scientist Laura Young.
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