Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room, Nov 2019 in NYC Dear Reader This issue of the Disability Digest highlights Valerie Rose the daughter of singer Phoebe Snow, actor and playwright James Sanders, Chinese poet sensation Yu Xiuhua, and the most popular … Read More
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Disability Digest #9 (March 10-15)
Judith Scott, Untitled, 1993 Courtesy Brooklyn Museum Dear Reader In researching my book, The Power of Disability, I discovered that people with disabilities have been major players throughout history. Sadly the history books have missed most of their achievements, or … Read More
Disability Digest #8 (March 1-8)
Yellow Birds by Maud Lewis Dear Reader In researching my book, The Power of Disability, I discovered that people with disabilities have been major players throughout history. Much more than I realized. If you were to take away their contributions, … Read More
Disability Digest #7 (February 22-29)
Linen jacket by Agnes Emma Richter, a seamstress who embroidered her story onto a jacket while incarcerated in an asylum in the late 1800’s. Thanks #womensart Dear Reader People with disabilities have been major players throughout history. If you were … Read More
Disability Digest #6 (February 14-21)
“Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are a bourbon biscuit” – Frida Kahlo. Thanks #womensart (Images are © to respective owners) Dear Reader Disability is written out of history either by ignoring the contributions of persons … Read More
Disability Digest #5 (February 6-13)
“Winter Mourning” by artist, philosopher and activist Judith Snow. Image courtesy Jack Pearpoint and Inclusion Press. Dear Reader Disability is written out of history either by ignoring the contributions of persons with disability or by separating their disability from their … Read More
Disability Digest #4 (January 30 – February 5)
Cartoon copyright John Callahan Dear Reader Disability is written out of history either by ignoring the contributions of persons with disability or by separating their disability from their contributions. This issue of the Disability Digest is still in beta mode … Read More
Disability Digest #3 (January 21 – 28 )
Andrew Wyeth. Christina’s World. 1948. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © Andrew Wyeth Dear Reader Thanks for your feedback on the first two issues of this Digest. I confess I’m having trouble limiting the number of profiles as … Read More
Disability Digest #2 (January 9 – 15th, 2021)
Sophie de Oliveira Barata, founder of the Alternative Limb Project, works closely with amputees to create surreal and glamorous prosthetic limbs that “can help to break down social barriers, and delight the eye.” Courtesy #womensart Dear Reader Thanks for the … Read More
Disability digest #1
UK artist Susan Austin, underwater performance in wheelchair, 2013 aimed to challenge perceptions of disability #womensart. Credit: https://twitter.com/womensart1 Dear Reader This is a beta version of something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time, create a digest that … Read More