As the UK arts industry fears for its future & how 2 work in new ways, disabled artists push back 2not B made invisible/forgotten. Consider how the expertise of D/deaf & disabled artists could be more vital than ever in a COVID/post COVID world. #WeShallNotBeRemoved #EndAbleism
Crip/Disabled/D/deaf artists know: how to attend to the care and safety of our audiences. We have taken responsibility for this for years and paid attention to it long before COVID #WeShallNotBeRemoved #EndAbleism
Crip/Disabled/D/deaf artists know: about attention to space & place and how to navigate it. especially when that space(ing) was not designed for how you need to move (now). ask the experts... #WeShallNotBeRemoved #EndAbleism
Crip/Disabled/D/deaf artists know: how 2 ask 4 what they need & how 2 communicate that, (& how to communicate when people are afraid of you). how do we support everyone now in knowing how 2 navigate touch & feeling safe? ask the experts.... #WeShallNotBeRemoved #EndAbleism
Crip/Disabled/D/deaf artists know: how to deal with change and instability. it is an inherent part of our lives. ask the experts.... #WeShallNotBeRemoved #EndAbleism
Crip/Disabled/D/deaf artists know: how to function outside/alongside normative time structures. ask the experts... #WeShallNotBeRemoved #EndAbleism
Crip/Disabled/D/deaf artists know: that clear information about what to expect is part of feeling safe, of feeling welcome, of joining. likewise information about what isn& #39;t there and won& #39;t happen is just as important. ask the experts #WeShallNotBeRemoved #EndAbleism
Crip/Disabled/D/deaf artists know: about working in ways that empower people to say if they feel safe and to say no, with consent. ask the experts... #WeShallNotBeRemoved #EndAbleism
Crip/Disabled/D/deaf artists know: the falsehood of independence. the lived reality of interdependence. that your safety and potential in life depends on me. ask the experts...PS BlackLivesMatter #BlackDisabledLivesMatter #WeShallNotBeRemoved #EndAbleism
obvs lots of other folx do this2 (esp the queers
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