Blog - Inclusive Arts
Practice in a Digital World
August 2, 2021 - by Tanya Raabe-WebberBack in January I was awarded an Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant to develop and adapt my work as an artist and collaborator during the pandemic and beyond. This project draws particular attention to the pandemics impact on the limited mobility of Disabled People in these extraordinary times!‘Practice ...
Crippen discovers that the pandemic has left disabled people who work in the arts and culture sector a brief window in which to act
June 28, 2021 - by CrippenA survey, that was recently commissioned to mark the first anniversary of the UK Disability Arts Alliance #WeShallNotBeRemoved campaign, suggest that there are significant threats to the continued participation of Deaf and disabled people in the arts and culture sector as a result of the fallout from the ...
Crippen asks – Bias or what?!
February 12, 2021 - by CrippenThe Right-wing influences are at it again with two new appointments to high ranking roles within the broadcasting industry and the launch of a new TV channel that has raised more than a few eyebrows. Disability Arts Online ·
Crippen wishes you all season’s greetings and a peaceful New Year
December 14, 2020 - by CrippenHaving received new commissions or requests to use existing cartoons from all over the world, I thought it would be a nice gesture to create my Christmas card this year with the greeting printed in some of the different languages.
A Complaint
November 23, 2020 - by Richard DownesA Complaint.A few weeks ago DAO's job pages had very few jobs in them.Two weeks ago you had three pagesLast week four pagesThis week fiveSix next week?What are you doing?Is DAO colluding in economic recovery?What we need is social collapseThings will never change as long as...Organisations like DAO keep promotingJobs ...
Crippen pays tribute to the irreplaceable Sian Vasey
October 18, 2020 - by CrippenDisabled activists have paid tribute this week to Sian Vasey – a much-loved, “multi-layered activist” who played a “pivotal role” in the disabled people’s movement for more than 40 years – who died last week.
What used to meet my access need is now my ultimate barrier
I am the founder of Magical Women and I am crumbling. I used to be great at E-mails. That is, until people I worked with, would read my e-mails, and ask to see me in my office. They’d want
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The Damage of Repeating our Access Needs
October 4, 2020 - by Magical Women
Crippen and the government’s continuing contempt for disabled people
September 16, 2020 - by CrippenThe new government white paper on the future of the planning system completely ignores the needs of disabled people and the current accessible housing crisis.
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Neurodivergent and Magical Women artist, Gemma Abbott calls for an end to ableism towards Neurodivergent artists.
The Effect of Lockdown on Worldwide Communities
2020 has been an interesting year so far. And watching from a distance, from within the walls of our houses, has helped to clarify some things. It has
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I Cannot Stand By and Watch this Happen Any More. How Can I Make Them See?
September 15, 2020 - by Magical Women
Crippen and the call for grassroots activism
July 12, 2020 - by CrippenSpeaking at the online launch of a new book by a disabled activist, Ellen Clifford, Professor Colin Barnes, one of the most significant figures in the development of the social model of disability, said that disabled people had faced a decade of oppression and that we will only ...