DISABILITY: An honest conversation with Ben Tansley

Honestly Podcast with Clemmie Telford

Clemmie Telford + Mags Creative

Death, Parenting, Cancer, Gender, Relationships, Faith, Honest, Prison, Kids & Family, Personal Journals, Race, Sobriety, Marriage, Honesty, Body Image, Honestly, Money, Society & Culture

4.7 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week, Clemmie chats to Ben Tansley on the topic of disability and what that word means to him. Ben was told by doctors that it was unlikely that he would ever walk again after a motorbike accident left him paralysed from the waist down. This may sound like the worst case scenario to many, but Ben saw past his statistics and found joy in the everyday with his two children. Ben chats to Clemmie about making strides in his recovery, his determination to walk again and his passion for helping those who have also been paralysed to find strength in their diagnosis. To vote for Honestly to win the Listener’s Choice Awards, please visit: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Clemy Telford and it's time to get open and get honest.
0:09.0	Each week, I interview a guest about a topic that we as a society often shy away from.
0:14.8	From sex lives to salaries, life and death, religion and real bodies, no subject is off the table. Welcome to Honestly, the podcast.
0:28.6	Coats are such a personal choice, aren't they? An M&S, who are the sponsor of this podcast, have something for everyone.
0:35.6	Me? I go for a trench coat when I want to look professional
0:38.9	and a puffer day today.
0:40.9	There's no chance of me getting chilly on my commute
0:43.2	or standing at the playground.
0:45.4	I've also discovered in researching this
0:47.7	that M&S makes something called a car coat
0:49.9	which may well be something I need to add to my collection.
1:03.6	Today I am joined by Paralyzed Brother of Two Ben Tandley or Tano.
1:05.9	Yeah, most of my friends call me Tano.
1:08.4	I will go to say that in an Australian accent though.
1:10.7	I would say it in a Norfolk accent.
1:11.7	Tano.
1:12.4	No, it doesn't go.
1:13.3	You haven't got a very strong Norfolk.
1:17.4	Do you know, everybody says to me, if I come to London, they go, where are you from?
1:19.5	I say Norfolk, yeah, but where are you from originally?
1:21.4	And they go, I sound Australian.
1:21.8	Do they?
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