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Using Her Mouth and Feet, Lorenza Böttner Created an Immense Body of Work

Avatar photo by Julia Curl July 3, 2022July 4, 2022

A childhood accident took her arms away but the transgender artist survived to create paintings, photography, and performances focused on depicting the body.

Posted inNews

$5M Grant Will Extend Disability Futures Initiative Through 2025

by Sarah Rose Sharp July 16, 2021July 16, 2021

The inaugural Disability Futures Fellows include Carolyn Lazard, Christine Sun Kim, and Tourmaline.

Posted inNews

$1,000 Emergency Grants for NYC Artists With Disabilities

by Sarah Rose Sharp May 4, 2021May 4, 2021

Applications for the New York Foundation for the Arts grant open May 4.

Posted inFilm

How Autistic People See the World, in Their Own Words

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel January 7, 2021January 5, 2021

The Reason I Jump immerses viewers in the experiences of those on the spectrum.

Posted inBooks

Why a Disabled Artist Collective Was What I Needed All Along

Avatar photo by Riva Lehrer December 21, 2020December 28, 2020

I hadn’t just needed Disabled friends. I’d needed friends who could give my experiences context and analysis.

Posted inFilm

A Drummer Grapples With Hearing Loss

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

With a terrific lead performance by Riz Ahmed, the film “Sound of Metal” bridges the deaf and hearing worlds.

Posted inArt

Strategies for Embracing the Fabulously Mundane

Avatar photo by Dessane Lopez Cassell November 11, 2020November 10, 2020

A self-avowed pleasure activist, writer and professor Sami Schalk is building a project that revels in taking simple yet transformative steps towards feeling good, while rejecting ableist frameworks.

Posted inArt

How Journalists Can Use Their Reporting to Support Marginalized People

by Emily Ladau October 27, 2020November 5, 2020

Disability rights activist Emily Ladau explains “supported storytelling.”

Posted inFilm

Did You Know Helen Keller Was a Socialist?

by Bedatri D. Choudhury September 23, 2020November 5, 2020

The documentary Her Socialist Smile reconstructs Keller from an icon of vague, feel-good platitudes to the fiercely political woman she truly was.

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An Urgent Conversation About Ableism in the Art World

Avatar photo by Elisa Wouk Almino August 19, 2020November 5, 2020

Artist Panteha Abareshi discusses the role of curation in museums and the crucial work of disabled artists like herself.

Posted inFilm

A Filmmaker Explores Relationships to Blindness

by Jourdain Searles July 21, 2020November 5, 2020

Grappling with his own loss of sight, Rodney Evans surveys the experiences of blind artists in Vision Portraits.

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Vessel Adds Elevator for People with Disabilities After Deal With US Attorney of New York

by Hakim Bishara December 26, 2019

A new platform lift will provide access to the Hudson Yard structure’s upper floors, which are currently inaccessible for people with disabilities

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