Out of Sight: Recent Episodes
Out Of Sight
A live Podcast show aiming to raise awareness about disabilities, special needs and to explore the areas of inclusivity and accessibility within our communities.
Join us as we speak to our dear guest, Ahmed Jabbar, a father of a child with Down's syndrome. The episode entails the journey and lessons learnt along the way for Ahmed and his daughter.
Join us as we speak to occupational therapist, sister Fatima Aghaei about her career, role in helping her paediatric patients through play as well as her journey with amanati and other community roles.
Join us in conversation as we discuss with our guest Maya Azawi, all things to do with parenting a neurodivergent kid In our community.
Sister Farzana is a qualified learning disability nurse and social worker with over 20 years experience in health and social care. Farzana has a special interest in mental health, she is a holistic, therapeutic life coach and a practitioner of many different therapies. She is the founder of inspirational minds and Farzana inspires well being, a service set up to support people through a range of life issues.
Naqi is an engineer by qualification, a financial services professional by profession and a sportsman bypassion. He is incredibly passionate about disability inclusion. He is presently ranked 3rd in the world in blind tennis and he has run the London Marathon in the past. He’s trying to make sports more inclusive and hopes to be in the Paralympics one day. He’s also a firm believer that a positive upbringing of a child can hugely turn their life around for the best and loves sharing his story with parents to encourage them to help their kids lead a life as close to normality as possible.
Fatima Ali is full-time wheelchair user, recent law graduate from SOAS university, currently working as a case worker in a charity law firm helping those detained under immigration power apply for bail.
Azra Hassanali is a speech and language therapist by profession and is an advocate for inclusivity within the communities. She aided the set up and progression of the SEN department of the madrasah and continues to work in changing mindsets.
Zahra is a proud mother of a SEN child and is paving the way to changing stigma around Down's syndrome using her instagram @livingwithextranoor. We explore her journey from diagnosis to confrontation from the community.