Are Self-Checkouts Making Life Harder for Disabled People?

Send us Fan MailAre self-checkouts making shopping harder for disabled people?In this episode of Dis-labled, the team share their experiences of navigating supermarkets, self-checkouts and everyday accessibility challenges. From confusing technology to long waits for assistance, we discuss how modern shopping can sometimes create unexpected barriers.We also enjoy two original poems, including Havva's imaginative poem about her cat Mapule and Carol's atmospheric winter poem. Carol talks about her writing process, where her ideas come from and why poetry has become such an important creative outlet.Plus, we chat about cinemas, bowling, weddings, favourite films and life at Community Focus.00:01:27 - Intro00:02:17 - What's going on?00:10:05 - The Good News00:10:23 - Weather Woman00:11:09 - Poetry Corner00:16:22 - It's My Life00:22:44 - Cinemas discussion00:24:34 - Joke Corner00:25:59 - What does cruel to be kind mean?00:27:20 - Final ThoughtsProject Managers: Andrea Rai & Phil PowellEditor: Phil PowellHuge thanks to the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund for supporting our Dis-labled podcast. Learn more about their amazing work: https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.ukAll enquiries: [email protected]: https://www.communityfocus.co.uk/Theme Music: Rastko Rasic & the students of Community FocusOther Music: Jazzy Frenchy by ⁠⁠⁠Benjamin Tissot