Film
Flipping the Script on Stereotypes Impacting People With Visible Disabilities
Chained for Life attacks traditional notions of what’s “normal” or “pleasant.”
disability
Art
Is There Space for Disabled Artists at Art Fairs?
When an attendee in a wheelchair was unable to enter a Paris fair, it raised questions about the inclusion of and sensitivity to the artists, patrons, and attendees making and engaging with Outsider Art.
Art
What Did Disability Look Like in the 19th Century?
Clubs for ugly people, ear trumpets designed for mourners, mesmerism as a cure — disability in the 19th century reflected all of the Victorian era's oddities and societal changes. Nineteenth-Century Disability: Cultures & Contexts is a digital research archive of text and images on this more overloo
Art
One-Handed Instrument Competition Removes Barriers to Music
If you want to play an orchestral instrument and have a disability restricting play to one hand, there are currently no options. A competition underway organized by the One-Handed Musical Instrument Trust (OHMI) with Ars Electronica is striving to improve opportunities for those excluded from music.
Art
New eBook Turns Space into a Tonal Universe for the Visually Impaired
A new eBook is aiming to make that starscape engaging for everyone, including the visually impaired.
Performance
No Easy Answers: Jérôme Bel's "Disabled Theater"
Jérôme Bel’s new piece, Disabled Theater, now at New York Live Arts as part of Performa 13, has gotten a fair amount of positive press and reviews, but it felt complicated to me, and not always in good ways.