Podcasts by Love, Life & disABILITY
Kay Ashton, is a fun loving 30 year old living in Salford. She is single, working full time and wants to be a mum. Oh, she lives with a disability also which is genetic. Kay, is embarking on her mission to be a mum by using PGD to ensure her child does not inherit her disability. We follow her through the laugher, the tears, dating and general emotional rollercoaster this will bring.
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Mind Over Matter Fitness from 2022-04-15T16:00:52
Creator of Mind Over Matter Fitness - Rob Ghahremani joins Kay, to talk about all things accessibility and disability when it comes to living life as a disabled person. Talking about how fitness...
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Embracing Our Stories To Discover Meaningful Connections with Shari and Kay from 2021-11-12T18:00:07
Embracing Our Stories To Discover Meaningful Connections.The Narrative Method is an award-winning approach to building meaningful human connections by helping individuals reframe how they see th...
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DanceSyndrome Jen talks to Kay Ashton MBE from 2021-10-01T17:00:38
Established in 2009, DanceSyndrome was the inspiration of founder and Creative Director, Jen Blackwell, who has Down’s syndrome, and wanted to follow her dream of being a dancer and dance leader...
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Parable Dance step in to talk to Kay ashton from 2021-06-18T17:00:55
Parable mission is to provide a space for creativity, individuality, and opportunity for people with disabilities through dance. Erica and Natasha come to talk to me about the work they have bee...
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The different ways our brain can work from 2021-06-11T17:00:11
Broadcaster, John Offord chats to people from all walks of life about the different ways our brain can work and interpret information. Neurodiversity highlights that people naturally think about th...
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Honest conversation around Eating Disorders & General life from 2021-06-04T17:00:29
Lauren joins Kay to talk about living with a eating disorder and how it all began and that fact majority of those living with an eating disorder don't compare themselves to fat/skinny people and...
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One Fine Day from 2021-05-28T17:00:20
After his stroke, Sameer’s entire life came crashing down around him. From a life-changing, debilitating illness to the loss of work, and finally a divorce, his amazing story of struggle, and ho...
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Tracie the artist from 2021-05-07T17:00:47
Tracie Marshall from Manchester, is an incredible artist and creator. Tracie is deaf in one ear and has only 30% hearing in the other. Tracie loves people, animals and flowers saturated with col...
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Rethink Mental Illness Manchester Group tackling Wellbeing from 2021-04-23T17:00:18
The Rethink Mental Illness Manchester Group is a group for people affected by severe mental illness to come together to share information and support with each other. This is a transcribed versi...
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Can working in social Care enhance your media career? from 2021-04-16T17:00:16
Christopher Coulter is a living in social worker in Glasgow, from Manchester. He is keen to work within the media and has done some archiving,he is currently aiming to be a researcher. He has a ...
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The birth of UK Health Radio from 2021-04-09T17:00:41
Johann Ilgenfritz, Founder & CEO of UK Health Radio, talks to Kay, all about how he came about setting up UK Health Radio, and how he is a cancer survivor himself.
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Working in media and being from indian culture whilst being autistic - Meet Sav from 2021-04-02T17:00
With Autism Awareness month being today, it's very important that we look into Autism and the Neurodiversity community. I talk to Sav, who explains life living within Autism, working in the medi...
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Fast Love Speed Dating during a pandemic from 2021-03-26T18:00:45
Ajaz came to talk to me about Fast Love Speed Dating, where we talked about the virtual online & Speed Dating. So if you are single check out the singles events in the North West: Merseyside...
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Let's talk about being a trainee Paralympian with Leonie from 2021-03-19T18:00:22
Leonie is a former national / international para-swimmer and went to the trials for London 2012. Currently working in unscripted fact ent television production and is a freelance Production coor...
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Still searching from 2021-03-12T18:00:23
30, Single & Disabled, going through IVF, with a pinch of science called PGD! Join me on my journey to motherhood. As I talk to lots more people who are going through similar, wether thats I...
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In Conversation with... Jessica Secmezsoy-Urquhart from 2021-03-05T18:00:41
Jessica Secmezsoy-Urquhart is an autistic, disabled, working class, queer and non-binary writer from a Scottish and Turkish background who creates content for BBC The Social, writes fiction and ...
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In Conversation with... Chris Pike from 2021-02-26T18:00:59
This week, we are joined by the wonderful Chris Pike. Chris's disability is autism.
The work Chris is doing at the moment is Listen
In Conversation with...Nigel Honey from 2021-02-19T18:00:51
Join Kay and Nigel Honey, as they talk about the media industry and living with a disability.
Nigel Honey is a film editor and CEO at Listen
In Conversation with...A Dating Dad from 2021-02-12T18:00:55
s many people know, I am a single 30 year old on a mission to be a mum by having IVF. i also happen to have a disability.
Throughout my journey, I want to talk to people who might be p...
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Welcome to 2021 - Sperm Donor Joys from 2021-01-29T18:00:30
When picking a donor, it has to be right in many ways, just like when you date someone. You don't want someone just for the hell of it, and you have to think about future. I have been referred t...
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Go or No go from 2020-12-18T17:00:40
The past few weeks, i have had a few hospital appointments to check on my pain, amh levels and so forth - so just been waiting on the results and they've all come through. Will i be progressing?...
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Go or No go from 2020-12-18T17:00:40
The past few weeks, i have had a few hospital appointments to check on my pain, amh levels and so forth - so just been waiting on the results and they've all come through. Will i be progressing?...
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Electrocuted at an appointment from 2020-12-04T17:15:07
This past week i have been on annual leave at work and just been busy getting things together in general at the moment. I have had a few medical appointments and one i was electrocuted and didn'...
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Fireworks and falling in love from 2020-11-06T17:00:37
On this weeks podcast we look at how I have fallen in love and become very brody! The scary fact my exams are fast approaching and I finally have some annual leave coming up.
Check ou...
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Exam's overtaking the brain from 2020-10-30T17:00:26
In this weeks podcast you hear me get confused with the exams I am currently sitting after much studying.
I talk about the raising monies i am doing for a good friend Danielle. If you ...
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Dating in a pandemic from 2020-10-09T16:00:23
I don't do much dating at the best of times and my love life is just like before Boris announced all his rules none existent, I seem to keep finding people that are more like big brothers that I...
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Whats with topless pics? from 2020-09-18T16:00:26
Sorry for the bomb shell news last week, but they are some pretty awful people in the world. I am still unsure to this day if he was joking. Either way, those are not jokes.
Personalit...
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Navigating the dating world from 2020-09-11T16:00:43
I have been on many different dating sites over the years, i started out doing the dating thing when I was about 18 years old. I tell you about some of my dating experiences and a little bit abo...
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Who turned the tap on? from 2020-09-04T16:00:52
This week, I experience something I have not have the 'pleasure' of experiencing for a some months. It was so joyous I tell you! It totally taken all my energy, so I do apologise in adv...
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Who turned the tap on? from 2020-09-04T16:00:52
This week, I experience something I have not have the 'pleasure' of experiencing for a some months. It was so joyous I tell you! It totally taken all my energy, so I do apologise in adv...
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Who turned the tap on? from 2020-09-04T16:00:52
This week, I experience something I have not have the 'pleasure' of experiencing for a some months. It was so joyous I tell you! It totally taken all my energy, so I do apologise in adv...
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The Appointments begin from 2020-08-28T16:00:31
Kay is going through IVF with a pinch of science called PGD, (implantation Genetic Diagnosis). She is 30 years of age, disabled and single. The appointments have started now for Kay and this wee...
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The Appointments begin from 2020-08-28T16:00:31
Kay is going through IVF with a pinch of science called PGD, (implantation Genetic Diagnosis). She is 30 years of age, disabled and single. The appointments have started now for Kay and this wee...
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The Appointments begin from 2020-08-28T16:00:31
Kay is going through IVF with a pinch of science called PGD, (implantation Genetic Diagnosis). She is 30 years of age, disabled and single. The appointments have started now for Kay and this wee...
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