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   BBC Ouch! Disability Newsletter - 5 March 2010
A deaf world online article and our truly multicultural talk show has put us in an international mood. This newsletter has something for everyone, everywhere. Enjoy! ************************************************************ Talk Show #49 has arrived. Presented by Mat Fraser and Julie Fernandez, it's quite the globetrotter. We link live to Zimbabwe to discuss Oscar nominated documentary Music by Prudence and to Denmark and Prague, for probably the only song you will ever hear about autoimmune diseases. Listen online or on your mp3 player. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/podcast/talk_show_49_-_march_2010.shtml ************************************************************ THE FUTURE IS WHEELCHAIR GENERATED ELECTRICITY Tom Shakespeare is curious about how his wheelchair could have a dual role. As well as getting him from A to B, could it also generate power? http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/features/the_future_is_wheelchair_generated_elect.shtml THE DEAF WORLD ONLINE From watching video in BSL to getting more information about the deaf world, Charlie Swinbourne walks us through some of his favourite UK websites. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/features/deaf_world_online.shtml DEAR DISABLED FRIEND #60 This week Andre Jordan's Dear Disabled Friend has been floored by depression, but whose fault is it? http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/play/dear_disabled_friend/andre_jordan_dear_disabled_friend_60.shtml AUDIO: ROCCO FIORENTINO Listen again to the Talk Show 48 interview with 14 year old blind jazz singer Rocco Fiorentino as he discusses his Sesame Street appearance and the joys of meeting Stevie Wonder. And enjoy his song. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/interviews/audio_rocco_fiorentino.shtml DISABILITY B1TCH HATES WINTER SPORTS This week, DB is fed up of being subjected to lithe bodies slipping around on the snow and ice, and now she's out for revenge. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/opinion/b1tch/db_hates_winter_sports.shtml DISCUSSIONS Posts from the ever popular and ever surprising Ouch! Message boards. Planning a wedding: inaccessible access information http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/messageboards/F2322273?thread=7342707 Driving test for wheelchairs and scooters http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/messageboards/F2322273?thread=7343983 What is defined as a disability hate crime? http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/messageboards/F2322273?thread=7339479 Looking after wheelchair tyres http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/messageboards/F3611783?thread=7267516 See all messageboard discussions here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/messageboards/ DISABILITY NEWS Check out our regularly updated news headlines page here http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/news.shtml STUFF > WATCH: WHY DID YOU KILL MY DAD? Early one Sunday morning in 2007, 75-year-old Philip Hendy was fatally stabbed by a man with a long history of mental health problems. This highly personal film follows Philip's documentary maker son Julian, as he tries to find out what happened to his dad and attempts to uncover the true scale and cost of killings by people with serious mental illness in Britain today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r8zyx And then watch the follow-up NewsNight debate, where a documentary filmmaker and the chief executive of a mental health charity discuss if political correctness means that society isn't willing to talk about the links between mental health illnesses and violence.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00r9xx2/Newsnight_01_03_2010/ > WATCH - DANCING ON WHEELS The next episode of that show where wheelchair users dance with celebs is on tonight, 9.30pm, BBC Three. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dancingonwheels/ Having braved the UK's unofficial Winter Paralympics over the last few months with our unusually bad weather, the Ouch! team, are looking forward to following the real thing next week from the safety of our armchairs.
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