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    'We should all be allowed to say "this is really hard"'

    Lack of exercise and support causes Kate physical pain

  2. 'We found our first Paralympian at the supermarket'

    Willpower, belief and hustling - how the Aruba Paralympic team came about

  3. 'We bought a pub for our 12-year-old son'

    Ben, 12, uses a wheelchair - he also loves live music, so his parents bought him a pub.

  4. 'We adopted a disabled child during the pandemic'

    Podcasters Kate and Holly on the high points of the last year

  5. 'Waiting for the vaccine is like waiting on a kidney'

    Holly has been shielding for 11 months and frustration is growing

  6. 'There's a difference between home-schooling and emergency education'

    Starting nursery and back-to-school fears after isolating

  7. 'The school phoned, Scout's hurt'

    The post lockdown return to school ends with a bump.

  8. 'Suddenly you get this text...'

    Kate and Holly turn back the isolation clock, while their neighbours serenade them

  9. 'Standing out' as a disabled foreigner in Japan

    Travel, stigma, work and mental illness as a disabled person in Japan.

  10. 'So boring!'

    Training confessions of a Paralympian

  11. 'So boring!'

    Training confessions of a Paralympian

  12. 'Remember when we were stockpiling toilet roll'

    Highlights from our much loved Isolation Diary series.

  13. 'Nothing feels real a third of the time'

    How Borderline personality disorder affects Chris and why he wants to raise awareness.

  14. 'Naughty Robot!'

    Will an automated vacuum cleaner make life easier for Kate?

  15. 'My wheelchair makes me a human'

    George Fielding has a cappuccino coloured chair which suits his 'young but old' image

  16. 'My leg amputation was the best day of my life'

    Para-swimmer Alice Tai elected to have a below-knee amputation

  17. 'My house became a bit like rehab鈥�

    How one young recovering alcoholic stayed sober during lockdown.

  18. 'My Doctor refused to treat me if I went for gold'

    What would you choose - a gold medal or a long life?

  19. 'My brain injury turned me into a teenager'

    Dave Mercer had been married three years when a brain injury changed everything.

  20. 'Me before euthanasia'

    Mik Scarlet explains why the film of the Jojo Moyes book has caused a stir.

  21. 'Me and the guide dog went into lockdown so I adopted a cat'

    From San Francisco to Perth - what's the lowdown on lockdown for the disabled community?

  22. 'It was magical' - the first disabled crew to fly in zero-gravity

    Meet the first disabled crew to fly in zero-gravity

  23. 'It is possible to be tired and in pain and happy at the same time'

    People with chronic illness give advice to those with extreme fatigue after Covid-19.

  24. 'I've lost thousands because of my ADHD'

    From lost glasses to misinterpreted credit card conditions...

  25. 'I've lost all of the independence I worked so hard for'

    Is July 19th going to 'free' disabled people?

  26. 'I'm wearing a tight T-shirt so I know where I end'

    Listen to our Autism Takeover show with Robyn, Jamie and Lion

  27. 'I'm visually impaired, but cancer information wasn't accessible'

    The RNIB chair and her horror at being unable to access information for cancer treatment

  28. 'I will drop you in awkwardness'

    The disabled person's sassy guide to surviving annoying encounters

  29. 'I was scared the guide dog would be electrocuted by the live wire'

    The shocking stories of blind people falling off railway platforms

  30. 'I was howling with pain and there was blood everywhere'

    Frank Gardner on personal life, Arabian adventures and the nitty gritty of disability.

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