TV and Radio on the iPlayer - We won't drop the baby and why sighted people are trying to slow Peter White down.
We won't drop the baby - part of the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Beyond Disability season focuses on the joys and hurdles of disabled parenting over a six month period where the cameras follow comedian Laurence Clark and his wife Adele, who both have cerebral palsy.
Six years ago when they had a baby boy, Tom, they were criticised by doctors for being irresponsible.
Now Adele is pregnant again and determined to have a natural birth. Its a brave decision, considering Laurence's cerebral palsy was caused by his own difficult birth.
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Watch - Hardtalk, Aimee Mullins - Athlete, actor and model
Stephen Sackur talks to model and Paralympian Aimee Mullins, who had both of her legs amputated below the knee when she was just a year old.
Sean Neilson spent three weeks in Thailand working with children with a range of difficulties, including foetal alcohol syndrome and cerebral palsy - the condition which affected his younger brother Ryan who died aged 12.
Listen - Blind Man's Bete Noire
Peter White explores this week's blind person bete noire: 'going slowly'. He talks with record-breaking Steve Cunningham, "the fastest blind man on the planet", about why sighted people try to slow him down.
Watch - Ö÷²¥´óÐã Scotland Investigates - Meet the Carers
Fiona Walker spends time with two families struggling to provide care for loved ones, and learns more about a role that is virtually unpaid and often undervalued.
In the weekly Radio 4 programme for blind and partially sighted people, Peter White reviews a new TV set with integrated voice guidance and speaks to the British Bankers Association regarding the bank that bounced a listener's cheque.
Listen - Business Daily - Of hay and humanity
There really are now apps for everything. Clinical psychologists are working on a whole new generation of smart phone applications designed to help tackle mental health issues.
In this edition, the programme asks why depression amongst men isn't taken more seriously.
Listen - Click
Jenna Gorlewicz has developed an App to help visually impaired students with their maths lessons.
Watch - Breaking the Wall
A student composer has been asked to write a thirty minute piece for full orchestra - a tough job for any composer, but Lloyd is partially sighted and has severe hearing loss.
Coming up
Watch - Same But Different (Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two)
Short documentary portraits of primary school children with a range of disabilities, learning differences and medical conditions.
Listen - Beyond Disability: Adventures of A Blue Badger (Radio 5live)
Nikki Fox uses her mobility scooter - and sense of humour - to investigate 'disability in 2012'.
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