We meet Jane Hatton from the disabled job site evenbreak.co.uk and discuss how she helps the disabled jobseeker connect with suitable employers.

We interview Ms Frances Leckie from https://independentliving.co.uk about her site which has been a forerunner in providing useful information to the disabled community for 20 years.  

In this podcast episode we talk to Claudia Foxcroft the Social Media Manager for 'ABLE Magazine'.   We look at how a printed publication can adapt and prosper in a digital world.

In this podcast episode we talk to Chris Benoit-Pool who is a director at Ask Jules which is a family based organisation helping young people deal with their care needs whilst at university.  I ran into Chris and his father when I was visiting the NAIDEX show last month and he was kind enough to come on this podcast to talk about the services they can offer young disabled students.  I was especially impressed with this company when I visited their stand  and saw just how brilliantly they connected with their target audience. A service like Askjules is very appropriate for our disabilitymatch community since the carer can help a young person navigate sites like disabilitymatch.co.uk and even give emotional support in choosing suitable dates and helping the client prepare themselves for their big dating adventure.  It is almost like being on the 'Undateables' where you have a TV production assistant by your side to make certain that you show your best side to your match.  This can help prevent the relationship despondency that all young daters experience at one time or another.  So if you are preparing yourself for university ior college or you know someone who is, you would finds the askjules.co.uk service very handy and they will offer you excellent advise whether or not you actually become a client.

In this episode we interview Slovak writer Barbora Henson GRIč who has written 2 amusing books on dating someone on the autistic spectrum .  One books shows the benefits of dating an autistic guy and the other the benefits of dating an autistic girl.  This episode comes just after autism awareness week when many people are looking at the whole issue of autism.  We have many autistic members at disabilitymatch so we especially interested in this fascinating topic.  This interview allows us to tackle the topic in an amusing and very human way.

In this podcast we talk to inventor Simon Mulholland who is based in Scotland.  Simon has built a very special carriage for pony trekking from a wheelchair.  Simon explains how this all came about and how incredibly versatile his pony trekking trips can be. This could be a great wheelchair date for an adventurous couple.

Welcome to our Summer podcast 2017.  We are delighted to have on Martyn Sibley from disability horizons talking about his travels and his new initiative to pledge support to his organisation. We also have an interview with Stephen Ruffle from Rewalk a high-tech company providing extraordinary exo skeleton body suits to help folk with spinal injuries get out of their wheelchairs and walk. All details on these companies are available from our podcast page

Our latest oodcast episode feature Patrick McGeough from the Wheelchair Dance Sports Association (WDSAUK) and Dom Smith from Soundsphere.   We look at how wheelchair dance can help you enjoy an active social life whether you are in a wheelchair or maybe have a visual impairment or learning disability.  We also find out that wheelchair dance can help enhance the 'couple factor' in your relationship.   Our Second guest, Dom Smith is a music journalist who suffers from spina bifida  and co-founded the soundsphere online music magazine.  Dom dedicates much of his time helping the disabled make a breakthrough in the working world of music and media.  Dom won a National Diversity Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence and was dubbed one of the 'hundred happiest people in the country' by the independent on Sunday.

The NAIDEX show is coming at the end of March in Birmingham and it is under new management.  I have spoken a lot to the new event organisers Prysm, and they seem to be very much on the ball.  Well, they have asked me to speak at the show on 2 days;-) I am in good company on the podium; our great friend Martyn Sibley is speaking and also Victoria Abbot-Fleming form the Burning Nights Charity and is a guest in this podcast episode.     We also chat to Josie Carnaby from Prysm who tells us what new features we can expect at the 2017 show.  I am certainly looking forward to the event and I feel it should be the highlight of the year if you are disabled and want to know the very latest in technological advances and care services that are available.  Do attend my talks if you can I will be speaking on Tuesday and Thursday about online dating and how to get the best from your membership at disabilitymatch.

Disabilitymatch is proud to showcase its 14th podcast episode with 3 fascinating and informed guests to discuss a wide range of topics including mental illness, multiple sclerosis and accessibility as well as improving the workplace environment for the disabled.    We are pleased to be a unique voice in the uK disability arena, campaigning on many issues such as accessibility, inclusion and mental health.  We welcome input from members of the disability community around the world who can contribute to our podcast and make it even more worthwhile for our growing band of listeners.