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Propulsion for 2021
January 18, 2021 - by Gary ThomasI’m looking forward to introducing my new project – Propulsion, Learning and Sharing. Funded by Arts Council, I’ll be looking at my own disabilities and working out what my access needs are moving forward, along with interviewing other disabled artists about how they manage their own access needs. I’ve seen some ...

Crippen says it’s time to stop this backwards slide!
January 12, 2021 - by Crippen2020 was a year that most of us would prefer to forget, whether due to the Covid pandemic or the abysmal way in which disabled people been scapegoated by this Neo-conservative government.
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2 track e.p. from project of the same name, which including touring show of the same name-
Happy New Year to you all!
My cartoon this week is my perception of how this government have changed the status of disabled people so much over recent years that we’ve once again become the square peg unable to fit in societies round hole.
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... It's time for the sales! Who wants some madness at a reduced price? Why not part exchange some of your sanity for a better deal. This year has been a year where our stock of madness has been stuck in the warehouse due to lockdown, and people have been force
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Reader. So what was your beloved family tradition?
642 – 4 Line Poem AKA Family Tradition
He sits with silver spoon in hand waiting for a child’s hand to land upon the starched white table cloth.
She has a pen within her head writing unkind words that people said. Insults used to wound
... It goes without saying that 2020 has been a long and difficult year. There are a few positives on the horizon but equally plenty to continue to be worried about. We've been doing our best at Disability Arts Online to try to support artists from within our communities. We're all
... Possible All Along is an exhibition of work by thirteen Leeds artists. Other than place, their connection is that they are all disabled artists, which might be considered a flimsy premise for an exhibition. But thinking about this year and the concerns amongst disabled artists that we are becoming
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I’ve started a YouTube channel. It’s called Prodrome – The Liz Bentley Show. I love the word prodrome. It means 'an early symptom indicating onset of a disease or illness.' My trainee paramedic niece (who is right now dealing with mainly stroke, heart attack and mental health) told me
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provoked 2 madness by the brutality of wealth e.p.
January 6, 2021 - by gobscure
Round up of 2020
January 6, 2021 - by Gary Thomas
I actually started a blog on confidence & what happens to it when it goes. Like seriously, where DOES it go???But I honestly lost confidence in it. Which sounds silly but is actually true. I feel like I lost a bit of confidence as 2020
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Crippen looks at how we’re shaping up to be discarded once again
January 4, 2021 - by Crippen
New Year Madness Sale Now On
January 3, 2021 - by Dolly Sen
642 – 4 Line Poem AKA Family Tradition
December 30, 2020 - by Richard Downes
A big thank you to everyone who has supported Disability Arts Online over the years
December 23, 2020 - by Colin Hambrook
Possible All Along
December 22, 2020 - by Gill Crawshaw
Liz, The Great Reset, Prodrome and the Tesco Delivery Man
December 14, 2020 - by Liz Bentley