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   BBC Ouch! disability newsletter - 11 Feb
This week the Ouch! Team is mostly excited about Velcro-free hospital gowns and the arrival of talk show #48. You?
** Scroll down for lots of goodies including links to disability related programmes on BBC TV and radio. ** TALK SHOW #48 Simone and Paul from BBC Three reality show Dancing on Wheels, a blind jazz singing teen and the most appropriately named Veg contestant ever. All joining Mat Fraser and Liz Carr on this month's talk show. Listen on the web or download for later. THE DATING ETIQUETTE QUIZ One for the ladies. Don't get your knickers in a twist. Play our quiz, tackle some 'real life' disability dating dilemmas and find out what your personal dating style really is. BLIND AND VI MOBILE PHONE BUYER'S GUIDE Blind or visually impaired? Take this handy guide with you when buying a mobile phone in order to get the most out of talking, texting and mobile internet. DISABILITY B1TCH VS HOSPITAL GOWNS Fashion hits in the most unlikely of places. This week DB is a bit peeved she has to look good after surgery now. 13 QUESTIONS: SIGN SINGER AND ACTRESS CAROLINE PARKER Caroline took time out from touring the UK with her show, Signs of a Star Shaped Diva, to answer our nosey questions. ANDRE JORDAN: Dear Disabled Friend #57 Love is in the air sweet valentine, and Andre's mysterious disabled friend receives some dodgy dating advice. HAITI, DISABLED PEOPLE AND DISASTERS Disabled people fare particularly badly in disaster zones, says Tom Shakespeare. BLOG ENTRIES Name that tool: the forthcoming 'BBC Accessibility Settings Tool' needs you DISCUSSIONS Posts from the ever popular and ever surprising Ouch! Message boards. Sorting out my funeral S*x [we couldn't put the E in the middle or your email would bounce)] DISABILITY NEWS Check out our regularly updated news headlines page. STUFF > COMING UP: Dancing On Wheels This eagerly awaited reality show starts tonight, at 9pm on BBC Three. The official site is now live, with Ouch! hosting the show's message board. > LISTEN: TAKING A STAND The programme features Barbara Harris, whose organisation pays addicted women to get sterilised. > WATCH: Kim Jong-Il's Comedy Club(parental guidance necessary). Featuring a disabled Danish actor playing comedian Jacob on a cultural exchange trip to North Korea. > WATCH: WHY DO YOU HATE ME? On Monday the 15th at 8 PM. Panorama will broadcast a report, originally shown in Wales, about disability hate crime. The programme follows a number of disabled people as they experience it first hand. > GET INVOLVED: THE BBC'S 2012 APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME The BBC 2012 - London Apprenticeships scheme is a fantastic opportunity to kick-start a career in the media. You will work at the BBC for a year and study at Westminster Kingsway College, ultimately gaining a Creative and Digital Media Apprenticeship Level 3. Follow the link below to find out more. > LISTEN: PODS AND BLOGS The Radio 5Live offering talks about accessibility this week, speaking to some of the top names in the field. Click below to listen. Make sure you don't miss a thing by following our every move on Twitter here: twitter.com/bbcouch Ouch! Team Look out for the many RSS feeds we have on the site so you can read Ouch! In the way you want. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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