This week I’d like to showcase the podcast Ouch! which is a BBC offering where ‘real disability talk happens’. Recently, their coverage of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo has been engaging and offers a brilliant insight into life behind the games. 

One episode which was released recently is an interview with Eddie Ndopu and discusses the campaign WeThe15. WeThe15 is a new global movement set up by a collaboration of  huge organisations from around the world. The meaning behind the name is that 15% of the world’s population is disabled and the movement wishes to change attitudes, create more opportunities and improve accessibility across the world. As Eddie puts it in the podcast they was to show that persons with disabilities are both ‘ordinary and extraordinary’. The founders of WeThe15 recognised the need for a movement for persons with disabilities, like BLM and MeToo, to empower and encourage people around the world. 

In the episode Eddie also discusses the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and how the movement is inherently linked to and in support of these goals. The episode is only 25 minutes long and well worth a listen!