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The Neurodivergent Birth PodcastS4 Ep10: Live Book Launch! 'Why Neurodivergent Birth Matters' by Victoria WhiteIt's pod day and it's also book launch day!In this episode Victoria hosts a live recording of the podcast to celebrate the publication of 'Why Neurodivergent Birth Matters'.You can order a copy here:https://www.ndbirth.com/the-bookIn this episode we also talk about the work of MP DR Marie Tidball which you can read more about here https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2025/report-reveals-maternity-care-inequities-disabled-women-uk and the work of the Maternity Autism Research Group: https://www.maternityautismresearchgroup.co.uk/Thank you for li...2025-07-1030 min
Politics Weekly UKOne year of Labour - Politics Weekly live at Crossed Wires festivalOne year on from Keir Starmer’s election victory and Labour are well behind Reform in the polls, while the government is already having to bend to the will of its backbenchers. So how can Starmer recover? Kiran Stacey talks to Jonathan Ashworth, the chief executive of Labour Together and former MP for Leicester South, and Marie Tidball, the Labour MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, about the party’s first year in government, live at the Crossed Wires podcast festival in Sheffield. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod2025-07-0642 min
Politics WeeklyOne year of Labour - Politics Weekly live at Crossed Wires festivalOne year on from Keir Starmer’s election victory and Labour are well behind Reform in the polls, while the government is already having to bend to the will of its backbenchers. So how can Starmer recover? Kiran Stacey talks to Jonathan Ashworth, the chief executive of Labour Together and former MP for Leicester South, and Marie Tidball, the Labour MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, about the party’s first year in government, live at the Crossed Wires podcast festival in Sheffield. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod2025-07-0643 minGuardianOne year of Labour - Politics Weekly live at Crossed Wires festivalOne year on from Keir Starmer’s election victory and Labour are well behind Reform in the polls, while the government is already having to bend to the will of its backbenchers. So how can Starmer recover? Kiran Stacey talks to Jonathan Ashworth, the chief executive of Labour Together and former MP for Leicester South, and Marie Tidball, the Labour MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, about the party’s first year in government, live at the Crossed Wires podcast festival in Sheffield. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod2025-07-0643 min
Gloria Meets... | GB News'My parents helped me cope with pain when I wanted to die - but I still support assisted dying' - Marie Tidball Trailblazing Labour MP Marie Tidball has revealed how her parents taught her to cope with pain after heartbreakingly telling them she wanted to die when she was a very young child.Marie, the MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, was born with a congenital disability that affected all four limbs and missed three years of school due to surgery she needed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-05-0425 min
Parliament MattersAssisted dying bill - special series #9: Inside the Public Bill CommitteeIn this ninth instalment of our special mini-podcast series, we continue to explore the latest developments in the progress of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, often referred to as the assisted dying bill. We are joined by Dr Marie Tidball MP to discuss the amendments she has secured for a Disability Advisory Board and an independent advocate for people with learning disabilities. After more than 90 hours of debate and over 100 votes, the Public Bill Committee has concluded its work on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. In...2025-03-2830 minParliament MattersSpring Statement: House of Commons tensions grow over the economyPolitical storm clouds are gathering over Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement. What does it mean for Parliament, party discipline and the Government’s economic credibility. We speak to Dr Marie Tidball MP about her first months in Westminster - and the accessibility challenges facing disabled MPs. Plus, why did Peers get a vote on postponing local elections, but MPs didn’t?With MPs facing a bleak economic outlook, proposed welfare cuts, and local elections on the horizon, how long can Ministers hold the line? Ruth and Mark dissect signs of unrest on Labour’s backbenches, with a growin...2025-03-2855 min
Woman's HourDisability and maternity care, Ads in mobile games, Nursery costs, Playwright Julia GroganDisabled women in the UK face significant barriers in maternity care, with new research highlighting higher risks of stillbirth, lack of support, and negative attitudes of staff. Labour MP Marie Tidball is camplaigning for change. She joins Kylie Pentelow to describe her own experience, along with Professor Hannah Kuper, one of the researchers behind the report, who details her findings. The Advertising Standards Authority has recently banned a number of ads in mobile games which objectify women, use pornographic tropes, and feature non-consensual sexual scenarios. It's not what you expect to see popping up when playing your f...2025-03-2057 min
Access All: Disability News and Mental HealthThe 40-year-olds who are in bed by 5pmNew research has revealed that the quality of life for some people with learning disabilities can decline after they hit the big 4-0.
Manchester Metropolitan University researchers came across cases of people who were still being cared for by their parents and others who were being sent to bed at 5pm.Emma Tracey asks lead researcher, Professor Sara Ryan why this is happening and what can be done to improve the situation.Also in this episode, Labour’s Marie Tidball gives an insight into her early days in office as a high profile, newly-elected, disabled MP...2024-09-1830 min
RightsUp: The Oxford Human Rights Hub PodcastDisability Law in the UK (Marie Tidball)[Released: 29 January 2018] Almost exactly a year ago, in January 2017, the UK Department of Education published a report by the Disabled Students Sector Leadership Group (DSSLG) which offered guidance on how universities and other higher education providers could better support disabled students. In this episode, Dr Marie Tidball talks about disability rights and the importance of teaching a new generation of lawyers about disability law.
The Disability Law and Policy Project aims to put disability law at the centre of learning and teaching in the law curriculum.
Interview with: Dr Marie Tidball (University of Oxford)
Produced by: Dr Kira Allmann (University...2018-09-2424 min
RightsUpRightsUp - Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Law and Policy in the UK (with Marie Tidball)Almost exactly a year ago, in January 2017, the UK Department of Education published a report by the Disabled Students Sector Leadership Group (DSSLG) which offered guidance on how universities and other higher education providers could better support disabled students. In short, the report found that institutions of higher education could do much more to make learning and teaching more inclusive for disabled students. This February the University of Oxford will be hosting a conference on Disability Law and Policy to mark the launch of the newly established Oxford University Disability Law and Policy Project, headed by Dr Marie Tidball. In...2018-01-2924 min
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesAutonomy, Community, Destiny: Re-Imagining DisabilityThe second seminar in the Disability and Curriculum Diversity series at TORCH The second seminar in the Disability and Curriculum Diversity series at TORCH with Elizabeth Frood (Associate Professor of Egyptology, Oxford), Dom Hyams (Producer and Editor-in-Chief, Power100) and Marie Tidball (Research Associate in Law, Oxford) .
Professor Elizabeth Frood speaks on the way her own acquired disability has had an impact on re-framing how she does fieldwork and how this has led her to adapt the methodologies she uses as an Egyptologist. Entrepreneur, Television Presenter and Editor of Power 100, Dom Hyams speaks on the potential role of the AssistMi app...2017-12-0735 minTORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesAutonomy, Community, Destiny: Re-Imagining DisabilityThe second seminar in the Disability and Curriculum Diversity series at TORCH The second seminar in the Disability and Curriculum Diversity series at TORCH with Elizabeth Frood (Associate Professor of Egyptology, Oxford), Dom Hyams (Producer and Editor-in-Chief, Power100) and Marie Tidball (Research Associate in Law, Oxford) .
Professor Elizabeth Frood speaks on the way her own acquired disability has had an impact on re-framing how she does fieldwork and how this has led her to adapt the methodologies she uses as an Egyptologist. Entrepreneur, Television Presenter and Editor of Power 100, Dom Hyams speaks on the potential role of the AssistMi app...2017-12-0735 minTORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesWork, Time and Stress: Historical and Contemporary PerspectivesStress & overwork in both education and professional life in the Victorian era and the 'dynamic' nature of disability and the impact of the stresses of modern life has. Professor Sally Shuttleworth (Faculty of English Language and Literature) will look at discussions of stress and overwork in both education and professional life in the Victorian era, based on her research. Although we are clearly living in a radically altered world, there are nonetheless startling similarities in the ways the problems of overwork have been framed and debated, then and now.
Dr Marie Tidball (Faculty of Law, Centre for Criminology and TORCH...2017-12-0734 minTORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesWork, Time and Stress: Historical and Contemporary PerspectivesStress & overwork in both education and professional life in the Victorian era and the 'dynamic' nature of disability and the impact of the stresses of modern life has. Professor Sally Shuttleworth (Faculty of English Language and Literature) will look at discussions of stress and overwork in both education and professional life in the Victorian era, based on her research. Although we are clearly living in a radically altered world, there are nonetheless startling similarities in the ways the problems of overwork have been framed and debated, then and now.
Dr Marie Tidball (Faculty of Law, Centre for Criminology and TORCH...2017-12-0734 min