Channel 4 are certainly getting their teeth into the 2012 Paralympics, a few months ago ABLE2 told you that the channel promised to give extensive coverage of the event. The countdown races off from the starting line in a few weeks time and there's even a chance for you to become a television star!
...According to Profesor Hawking.
On some occasions and let's be honest here, when a disabled person opens their mouth it can be difficult to understand what they are going on about.
Some people just don't get comedy do they? Take Keiron Smith from Hampshire for example. Mrs Smith took her husband to see comedian Frankie Boyle last week at Reading's Hexagon theatre and found a certain topic offensive.
Listen up Corrie Fans one of your heroes has just revealed that he is partially deaf. If you have ever met actor William Roache, who plays Ken Barlow in the soap, and have tried to have a conversation with him only to find that he walks away from you, don't be offended. As the actor explains it has happened in the past...
The rooms of The Punchbowl pub were ablaze with gasps with disbelief on Saturday evening, and that was even before pundits became aware of the bar prices. The element of surprise congresses around a ready-made VIP area reserved for ABLE2 where we are celebrating our tenth year online, another bash is provisionally planned for April when we reach the big ten 'O' quite literally.
Some of you may have watched the launch of Channel 4's latest 'shock' series called 'Beauty and the Beast: Ugly Face of Prejudice. Far from being a children’s fairy tale the show reflects on the partnership between a facial or body disfigurement, how can we put this?, a normal human being.
