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Ryan Boydon interviews Erika Petrie about WDSD & awareness raising including Micaela and her resilience, the live blog and topics raised within it. Joanna Criscenti is patched in to talk about her brother Riccardo Criscenti (who sadly passed away in January 2022), an amazing musician who contributed a very special track to the Shades of Different CD Album and this is also a tribute to his memory. Ryan and Erika discuss the importance of inclusion for these individuals as well as reading out the feature article published in the live blog for WDSD. James Martin (actor), Heidi Crowter (campaigner and author) and George Webster (Strictly special participant and author) are mentioned in view of their achievements and victories as individuals considered ‘different’. Ryan also asks Erika to talk about their upcoming dance fundraiser taking place on 12th May for which the flyer is attached.