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't there and won'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 ) so not saying its just crips, &not all of us do all these things, but there's vital wisdom in many communities - esp folx living with change/instability &@ odds with normativity &capitalism. #WeShallNotBeRemoved #EndAbleism