ABLE Voices Ep 38: Cherylee Houston

We are inviting disabled artists and arts educators to be guests and  guest hosts on ABLE Voices. Today's guest host is Laurence Clark.  Laurence Clark is an award winning stand up comedian, actor, a  performer, screenwriter and playwright who is based in the UK. Laurence  is also the chair of Triple C, a community interest company led by  disabled artists. Triple C aims to drive up the role of disabled people  in the performing arts, and the role of the performing arts in the lives  of disabled people. Triple C also runs the disabled artists network  community (DANC) project, which provides an extensive program of  networking events, mentoring and masterclasses for disabled artists and  other artists. Today, Laurence will be interviewing Cherylee Houston,  Cherylee is a British actress known for her roles as Izzy Armstrong in  BBC’s "Coronation Street", Britain's longest running soap series, and as  Maz, a character in Houston’s BBC Radio 4 comedy series "Tinsel Girl".  Cherylee is a self professed accidental advocate and activist for  neurodivergent and disabled artists and works to raise awareness for  accessibility issues. At 23, Houston was diagnosed with the rare  connective tissue disorder, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Type II  hypermobility type. She has used a wheelchair ever since.  The ABLE Voices podcast is produced and edited by BIAAE Operations  Coordinator, Daniel Martinez del Campo. The introduction music was  written by Kai Levin and the ending song was written by Sebastian  Batista. Kai and Sebastian are students in the Arts Education Programs  at the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education.For more information about our programs visit us at:  https://college.berklee.edu/BIAAEFollow us for more weekly updates at:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/berkleeiaae/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerkleeIAAE