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   BBC Ouch! disability newsletter: crying waiters, barristers, Americans
A disability rights barrister, the trials of tipping, BBC Three's Small Teen Big World and DB vs. the DDA. Check it out!
In this weeks issue find: DIS CONNECTED: BLAINE HARRISON MEETS JOHN HORAN This week in our relay-style video interview series, DDA barrister John Horan says discrimination is "disgusting" and musician Blaine Harrison asks if there is apathy in the disability community. THE CRIP, THE TIP AND THE CRYING WAITER Tipping a waiter in a restaurant can be awkward at the best of times, but as Laurence Clark found out, things can become all the more complicated if your disabled. DISABILITY B1TCH HATES THE DDA It's the 20th birthday of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and DB is not feeling the love for our UK equivalent. OUCH! TALK SHOW #53: JULY 2010 BBC's Frank Gardner, the Little People of America annual get-together, Veteran blind TV producer Kevin Mulhern with news and Glasto music. Liz Carr and Simon Minty present. DIS CONNECTED VIDEO INTERVIEW SERIES Trisha Goddard, Cerrie Burnell, Cara Readle, Gail Porter, Blaine Harrison and now barrister John Horan. All disabled in some way ... and all sharing their knowledge and experience in these intimate videos. DISCUSSIONS .. what you're talking about on our knowledgeable and insightful Message boards. Can mechanisms used to fight racism also be used to fight disablism For all disabled students starting their university course this autumn DISABILITY NEWS Check out our regularly updated news headlines page here STUFF WATCH: Small Teen, Big World Part of BBC Three's adult season, this 60 minute documentary follows 16 year old Jasmin, who has an undiagnosed form of dwarfism. LISTEN: File on 4, Fran Abrams hears concerns about the financial arrangements for mentally incapacitated people. Next broadcast is on Sunday at 5 PM, Radio 4.
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