All episodes
Sunday, 20 October 2013
Gabrielle Bryce was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was 17. She has recently released a CD and written a blog about her journey through multiple operations, memory loss and chronic pain.
Full episodeSunday, 13 October 2013
When Ken Joblin last visited his dying retired guide dog Tiger he took his digital recorder with him so he could capture Tiger's voice and all his familiar sound.
Full episodeSunday, 6 October 2013
Paula Booth was a caregiver who thought she knew all about disability… until an accident led to her using a wheelchair herself. One in Five hears about her life as a young woman with a disability.
Full episodeSunday, 29 September 2013
Karl Hitchcock has turned his experience of bipolar disorder into the play Manic to Madness with the help of actor and friend Nic Farra. Katy Gosset drops in on rehearsals and talks to Karl and Nic ahead of the play's debut in Christchurch.
Full episodeSunday, 22 September 2013
Recently, scores of performers turned out to sing, dance and perform in a competition for children and young people with special needs put on by the Hamilton Competitions Society. Also this week, the new picture book My Friend’s a Superhero.
Full episodeSunday, 15 September 2013
Katy Gosset is learning to talk with her hands - tackling this country's third official language.
Full episodeSunday, 8 September 2013
Carol Stiles meets cyclist Phil Thorn, who is blind and deaf and has limited use of his legs
Full episodeSunday, 1 September 2013
The Parafed Otago Panthers talk finger-flattening passes, high-speed spills and the bond they share, in One in Five
Full episodeSunday, 18 August 2013
One in Five takes to the slopes as Katy Gosset visits Cardrona Alpine Resort's Adaptive Snowsports programme.
Full episodeSunday, 11 August 2013
A conference for people with austism and Asperger's, their families and clinicians and professionals who work with autistic people. Also, the perceptions around the way 'Aspies' experience life.
Full episodeSunday, 4 August 2013
The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind says it's been estimated that, of all published books, less than 5 percent are available to the blind, visually impaired and print disabled communities.
Full episodeSunday, 28 July 2013
Helene Ritchie talks to Mike Gourley about her campaign for a Royal Commission into ways of supporting carers, particularly those looking after people with a degenerative illness.
Full episodeSunday, 21 July 2013
Due to the earthquake in Wellington that struck just after 5.00pm on 21 July 2013, One In Five was not broadcast in its usual timeslot.
Full episodeSunday, 14 July 2013
The World Federation of the Deaf encourages the local deaf community to exert more pressure on the government for equal access to services and information; and IHC Calf Scheme employees and volunteers meet up with their supporters at the National Agricultural Fieldays.
Full episodeSunday, 30 June 2013
Carol spends time with two BLENNZ staff members who believe music can enrich the lives of blind and low vision young people.
Full episodeSunday, 23 June 2013
Disability Studies is an academic field has been gradually gathering support around the world. What does it mean for the education of our disabled students?
Full episodeSunday, 16 June 2013
Alison Atwell believes signing is the key to communicating for many people in the hearing community.
Full episodeSunday, 9 June 2013
Katy Gosset meets a blind woman who uses voice software to work as a volunteer counsellor for Lifeline.
Full episodeSunday, 2 June 2013
Each week between 45 and 50 sailors take to the water on the Waitemata Harbour through the Sailability programme.
Full episodeSunday, 26 May 2013
After being knocked off her bike Anne McKenzie was left with a brain injury; she talks with Katy Gosset about her journey and rehabilitation.
Full episodeSunday, 19 May 2013
Dina Whatnell’s job is to improve the health outcomes for people with an intellectual disability. She works as the country’s only Clinical Nurse Specialist Lead Intellectual Disability and is based at Palmerston North hospital.
Full episodeSunday, 12 May 2013
These days, you name it, the Internet has got it, but some people living with disabilities may only be enjoying a fraction of what's available.
Full episode