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Disability Arts Online (DAO) is delighted to announce Zuleika Lebow as our next Guest Editor
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Inklusion: A kick-ass guide to making literature events accessible for disabled people
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Disability Arts Online announces new artist-led programme for ethnically diverse disabled creatives
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Disability Arts Online (DAO) is delighted to announce Zuleika Lebow as our next Guest Editor
logo for Inklusion has a red circle with a black ink splash in its centre. Across the centre in capital letters is the word Inklusion. Black ink splashes also adorn the image

Inklusion: A kick-ass guide to making literature events accessible for disabled people
Colourful painting of a group of people dancing and celbrating

Disability Arts Online announces new artist-led programme for ethnically diverse disabled creatives
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Disability Arts Online announces our second set of Covid Commissions for disabled artists
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Blue in Green collection from Survivors’ Poetry co-founder Joe Bidder
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Help fund our Covid Commissions for disabled artists!
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In Memory of Frank Bangay 1951 – 2021
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Mind the Gap team up with York St. John University to present the Creative Doodle Book Project
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Jess Thom among artists spearheading January Challenge 2021
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Nothing About Us, Without Us? TripleC take pride in grassroots, community values
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UK cultural organisations join up to promote seven inclusive principles for disabled people in arts & culture
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Unlimited announces new commissions round worth over £500,000
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Disability Arts Online announces new cohort of Associate Artists for 2020-2022
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Disability Arts Cymru announces inaugural Arts Prize Winners
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Disabled artists across the UK to flood social media with art to break down barriers
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Emerging writers to bring new perspectives to cultural criticism
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Unlimited commissions programme extended until 2022
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Disability Arts Online leads on new programme to develop disabled critics in Scotland
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Disability Arts Online (DAO) is delighted to announce Alexandrina Hemsley as our next Guest Editor
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Unlimited announces latest awards with over £550,000 to support the development of ambitious new artistic work
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Creative Scotland announces new ‘inclusive’ funding stream
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Mind the Gap’s Staging Change project gets people with learning disabilities employed in the arts
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Disability Arts Online announces its latest Guest Editor
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Dolly Sen takes the reigns as Guest Editor of Disability Arts Online