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A performer of colour stands smiling at the camera, with a balloon

Unlimited announces latest awards with over £550,000 to support the development of ambitious new artistic work
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Disability Arts Online opens survey on Access to Work in arts and culture
Photo of perfomer Katherine Araniello wearing a bright orange quiff and a huge red tie

Katherine Araniello: An obituary for SickBitchCrips, the queen of mischief
A performer of colour stands smiling at the camera, with a balloon

Unlimited announces latest awards with over £550,000 to support the development of ambitious new artistic work
Group of actors in rehearsal

Disability Arts Online opens survey on Access to Work in arts and culture
Photo of perfomer Katherine Araniello wearing a bright orange quiff and a huge red tie

Katherine Araniello: An obituary for SickBitchCrips, the queen of mischief
Wheelchair user playing keyboard, with a guitarist and tambourine player

Attitude is Everything unveils groundbreaking initiative to empower D/deaf and disabled artists
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Recipients of the 2019 Emergence Bursary announced
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Attitude is Everything announces Outstanding Attitude Awards 2019
Pictured in sepia, the full cast of Amy Dorrit line up for the camera

Liz Carr makes her radio drama debut in a radical re-imagining of Dickens’ classic Little Dorrit for BBC Radio 4
Aidan Moesby presents his thoughts to a room of people

Disability Arts Online to livestream its event about disability and curation
Dolly Sen holding a pill

Dolly Sen takes the reigns as Guest Editor of Disability Arts Online
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BBC Two to screen Me, My Mouth and I – a new film exploring neurodiversity in the arts through the works of Samuel Beckett
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Launch of the National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA)
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Carousel Radio wins British podcast award
photo of disabled performer Jamie Bedard flying through the air on a wire, dressed in a white suit

Unlimited announces £120,000 of funding for new work by disabled artists
Wheelchair users by a river

New survey reveals shocking lack of confidence from disabled visitors with regards to access
A group of disabled actors throw their hands in the air

BBC training and showcase opportunity for disabled actors leads to all participants securing auditions
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Creative Future launches crowdfunding campaign to take 15 under-represented artists’ work on national tour
Pallant House Gallery

Shape announces shortlist for 2018 Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary
Candoco Dance Company Face In

Candoco announces new commission from international choreographer Yasmeen Godder
Kate Lovell

Disability Arts Online announces its first ever Guest Editor
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Bucks New University students support films charting the history of the disability arts movement
British Paraorchestra and Extraordinary Bodies

Arts Council England’s NPO announcement includes significant increase in diverse-led organisations

DAO pays tribute to one of our most cherished writers: Sophie Partridge
Book cover of Stairs and Whispers

Unique new book brings together literature exclusively from deaf and disabled writers
Autism Matters Cover Sheet

Research published with suggestions of how to make galleries and museums more ASD/SPD friendly