‘She said things without the sense of embarrassment’ - Alice Wong's disability legacy

We pay tribute to US writer and community-builder Alice Wong who died this week at 51. Known for her Disability Visibility project and , we hear from her friend Nichola Griffith who collaborated with her on a writing project called . She never actualy met her offline yet they made a big connection. If you didn't know of her in life, here's your chance for her to inspire you with the spirit she created. Journalist Alex Taylor fell foul of a TikTok prank when someone stuck out their tongue at him to get a reaction. He then chased them in his powerchair to try and delete the video before it got online. He believes he was targeted because he was disabled. Also, presenter Emma Tracey shoots the breeze about gyms, exercise and talks to award-winning podcaster Grace Gigi Ogun, who makes the funny rich audio podcast Journeys With Grace about living with kidney cancer, and has a talent for football and music. Presenter/producer Emma Tracey, mixed by Dave O'Neill, produced by Kevin Satizabal Carrascal, Alex Collins, series producer Beth Rose, editor Damon Rose. Email: accessall@bbc.co.uk with your thoughts and questions. And say "Ask the BBC for Access All" to your smart speaker and

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‘She said things without the sense of embarrassment’ - Alice Wong's disability legacy is an episode from Ouch: Disability Talk - featuring Winter Paralympics by BBC.

This episode is 39:28 long.

This episode was published on Nov 19, 2025.

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