Access All: Disability News and Mental Health - 'Wet wipes and dry shampoo get you a long way'

Download 'Wet wipes and dry shampoo get you a long way'

Cross-party peer Baroness Jane Campbell reveals to Nikki Fox that a lack of personal assistants (PA) working in the UK makes her "fear" disabled people could end up living in institutions once more, if the problem isn't rectified.

She's not alone. Anna tells us she hasn't been able to recruit a PA in three months and only has the energy to shower once a week while Katy, who runs PA Pool, a website which matches disabled people with suitable PAs, says a third of her PAs dropped off the books when Brexit happened.

Nikki is settling into her new home, but reveals the astronomical cost of fitting out her new accessible bathroom - think £8,000 for a toilet seat, and we're not talking gold-plated.

And comedian, writer and TV presenter Rosie Jones chats about her new children's book and the frustration she's felt at being turned away from gay nightclubs by bouncers who think she's too disabled to be gay or that her wobbliness means she's drunk.

With Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey.

Produced by Beth Rose, Keiligh Baker and Emma Tracey
Sound production by Dave O'Neill
The editors were Damon Rose and Jonathan Aspinwall

Published on Friday, 2nd September 2022.

Available Podcasts from Access All: Disability News and Mental Health

Subscribe to Access All: Disability News and Mental Health

We are not the BBC, we only list available podcasts. To find out more about the programme including episodes available on BBC iPlayer, go to the Access All: Disability News and Mental Health webpage.