Beaming with a warm smile and a cheeky glint in his eye, Lee Ridley says he does not intend to be inspirational with his 2018 Fringe appearance.

In fact his show, hot off the heels of his Britain's Got Talent (BGT) win, is built around this very idea.

"I would just tell people to try to do whatever they want instead of what society expects them to do," he says.

"If you want to do something then you should just go ahead and do it."

Lee - known by many through his stage name of Lost Voice Guy - became a well-known name through TV talent show BGT after winning it earlier this year.

He returns to the Fringe for the sixth year after a whirlwind few months which he says have been surreal.

Weaving conversations about disability into his material is something Lee did not shy away from during BGT, and his frank Fringe show is no exception as he uses experiences from his own life to build a lot of his material from, using a voice synthesiser to communicate with the audience.

"I just hope I get time to charge my iPad in between all of that," he says speaking about an upcoming tour, book and radio series he has on the go on top of his Fringe stint.

"This is my sixth year at the Fringe and I still love it so much. The atmosphere in the city when the festival is on is amazing and it is just so much fun to be a part of that.

"Doing the Fringe has certainly helped me improve as a performer as well and I am grateful for the experience that Edinburgh has given me.

"I haven't really changed my material either. I am still as dark and twisted as ever.

"I appreciate that not all my new audience will appreciate everything I do but I hope that I can find the right balance to keep most people happy."

Using comedy to bring the topic of disability into the limelight is something the cast and crew behind My Left/Right Foot - The Musical are very passionate about.

As well as making the show accessible for audiences with things like British Sign Language and audio description, the show has been directed by Robert Softley Gale, an advocate of equality and access to the arts for disabled people - whether as artists or audience.

The show tells the story of a local amateur dramatic society and how they come up with a cunning plan to comply with the equalities agenda, a storyline David hopes will help create opportunities for people to talk more about disabilities.

"I hope this show helps people to have that conversation and to laugh more about what we are doing," he says.

"Issues like disability, if you take them too seriously people get scared by them and think 'oh I don't want to get something wrong or say the wrong thing' but if you come from a comedy perspective then you can laugh at how other people react and then maybe a bit of you can think 'ah yeah, I've done that in the past, I've made that mistake in the past'.

"But by laughing at that, we all acknowledge that we are human and that we all make mistakes. Then we can move forward and hopefully work towards something that is a bit better."

Since 2015, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has been working with Attitude is Everything to make the arts festival more inclusive for everyone. This year, free "sensory backpacks" were introduced for people with autism to borrow.

Talking about his disability has always been something Jamie MacDonald's has embraced, and this is no exception this year with his 2018 show Blinkered.

The Glaswegian stand-up comedian, writer and voiceover artist started losing his sight in his early teens when he was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a progressive degenerative retinal disease which will eventually leave him totally blind. He got into comedy in his early 30s and this is when he found a love for the stage.

The Fringe is now firm favourite for the comic although he says the crowds and many stairs around the capital can make it a challenge for him getting around.

"Everyone has their own way of dealing with their disability," he says.

"Some people dwell on it and that is fine as well. But I think ultimately, if you get too het up about the negative side of it, it will consume you."

Watch the full report on the STV News at 6pm tonight.