Disability Arts Online and Mind the Gap present The Disability and...Podcast

Disability Arts Online and Mind the Gap present The Disability and...Podcast


Latest Episodes

Disability and The Special Olympics
November 04, 2024

On this months podcast, Mind The Gap’s Associate Producer Paul Wilshaw chats with Ella and Tim Curtis. Ella is a Special Olympics cycling gold medallist and she is coached by her father Tim. They talk about Ella's cycling journey and the differences betwe

Disability and...Neurodivergence in Literature
October 15, 2024

This month DAO journalist Will Reynolds spoke to Irish author Caimh CK McDonnell and his wife Elaine Ofori. Together, they talk about their independent publishing company, its output, disability, political correctness and the reasons why Caimh has given u

Disability and...Performance Academy
September 05, 2024

This month, Mind the Gaps Associate Producer Paul Wilshaw chats with student actor Toby Ross and tutor in dance Karen Bartholomew about Mind the Gaps Performance Academy accredited course.

Disability and...DAM in Venice with Tony Heaton
August 01, 2024

This month founder and senior editor of Disability Arts Online, Colin Hambrook, chats with artist and activist Tony Heaton, about the Shape Disability Arts Movement in Venice exhibition, Crip Arte Spazio. They discuss how disability arts impacted on the s

Disability and...Birdie with Emily Blackwell & Charlotte Jones
July 01, 2024

Paul Wilshaw, Assistant Producer at Mind the Gap talks to Emily Blackwell and Charlotte Jones about Mind the Gap's touring outdoor show Birdie and access when working with artists with neurodivergent or learning disabled artists. 

Disability and...Historical Characters with Arthur Hughes
May 28, 2024

This month Disability Arts Online's Founding Editor Colin Hambrook chats with actor Arthur Hughes about his leading role in the newly released Disney+ Tudor spy thriller Shardlake.This podcast is in memory of Shardlake's creator C.J. Sansom who sadly pas

Disability and...Cutting Edge Theatre with Suzanne Lofthus and Abigail Brydon
April 30, 2024

This month Paul Wilshaw, Associate producer at Mind the Gap talks to Cutting Edge Theatre's Artistic Director Suzanne Lofthus and Associate Artist Abigail Brydon about the work they do in Scotland.

Disability and...CRIPtic Arts with Jamie Hale
April 02, 2024

This month on the Disability And... podcast, Disability Arts Online's Founding Editor Colin Hambrook talks to writer and Chief Executive of CRIPtic Arts, Jamie Hale, about how CRIPtic came into existence and their thoughts and approaches when working with

Disability and...Mental Health with James Leadbitter
February 29, 2024

This month, Mind the Gaps Associate Producer Paul Wilshaw chats with artist and activist James Leadbitter, a.k.a. the Vacuum Cleaner, about his work around the topic of mental health, his work abroad, and how the arts help support people's mental health.

Disability and...Climate Change with AlanJames Burns and Julia Watts Belser
February 05, 2024

This month Disability Arts Online have been taken over by audio visual artist, curator and producer AlanJames Burns. As part of their content takeover, AlanJames talks with Professor Julia Watts Belser who is a professor of Jewish Studies and Disability S