A New Literary Prize to Support Emerging Disabled Writers

Disability Arts pioneer and internationally acclaimed writer Kenny Fries establishes an award to elevate and amplify the work of emerging disabled and/or Deaf writers.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/12/a-new-literary-prize-to-support-emerging-disabled-writers/

#Awards #DisabilityArts #Disabledwriters #KennyFries

Abilities Dance Boston transforms performing arts with groundbreaking concert featuring 10 original compositions by disabled musicians. Celebrating creativity, challenging perceptions, amplifying unheard voices. #DisabilityArts #Inclusion
So proud! 🎨 My son Scott Sorensen is featured in this @mplsart article on @InteractCenter's bold showing at the 2025 Outsider Art Fair in NYC.
His work is raw, expressive, and full of heart.
🗽👉 https://www.mplsart.com/written/2025/03/interact-takes-manhattan-dispatches-from-the-outsider-art-fair
#OutsiderArt #DisabilityArts #ProudDad #NeurodiverseVoices #ArtThatInspires
Interact Takes Manhattan: Dispatches from the Outsider Art Fair. | MPLSART.COM

The progressive art studio showcased work from five artists, curated by Lauren dela Roche, and covered Muppets, celebrities, and a conversation about what makes outsider art

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Advocacy opportunity for disabled people and newcomers in Canada: a survey about accessibility for festivals and events, from Independent Living Canada.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FestivalEventAccessibilityQuickSurvey

I took the chance to list covid precautions as an accessibility issue, and to hype seating and virtual options. 😷

#LongCovid #LiveMusic #Canada #disability #DisabilityArts #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp

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Je trouve qu'il faut vraiment écouter les épisodes de Variations, podcast animé par Lucie Camous, en lien avec l'expo "En dehors" au CRAC Occitanie.
ça parle de validisme, de pouvoir médical, de (re)prise de pouvoir sur les récits, de crip culture...
https://shows.acast.com/variations/about
#DisabilityArts
VARIATIONS

Interviews d’artistes, de chercheureuses et d’activistes aux identités pensées et revendiquées comme crip, queer, sourds ou handicapé

WIP - Watercolour painting based on theme of "Courage" for Mental Health week done with the All4Art Group organised by @disabled_life_2b_lived thank you Sarah and @all4inclusion all 4 inclusion is a club set up to help disabled people meet and support each other. #BarbaraHulmeFineArtist #PortraitPainter #WatercolourPortraits #PortraitArtist #DisabilityArts #DisabledArtist #DisabilityInclusion #FigurativeArt #ContemporaryArt #ArtForSale #MentalHealth #ManchesterArtist #InternationalArtist

when I ask what's wrong, the answer always seems to be "you're not trying hard enough to be a neurotypical person." Which starts another fight, and the whole cycle begins again. What I wouldn't give to be able to file for a divorce."

#BarbaraHulmeFineArtist #PortraitPainter #WatercolourPortraits #PortraitArtist #DisabilityArts #DisabledArtist #DisabilityInclusion #FigurativeArt #ContemporaryArt #CollectableArt #ArtForSale #MentalHealth #ManchesterArtist #InternationalArtist

Drawing based on theme of "Colourful" and is a painting from a photograph of the Day of the Dead parade in Mexico. done with the All4Art Group organised by @disabled_life_2b_lived thank you Sarah and @all4inclusion all 4 inclusion is a club set up to help disabled people meet and support each other.

#BarbaraHulmeFineArtist #PortraitPainter #WatercolourPortraits #PortraitArtist #DisabilityArts #DisabledArtist #DisabilityInclusion #FigurativeArt #ArtForSale #ManchesterArt #InternationalArtist

Drawing based on theme of "Halloween" and depicts one of the most haunted dolls in the world - Robert, done with the All4Art Group organised by @disabled_life_2b_lived thank you Sarah and @all4inclusion all 4 inclusion is a club set up to help disabled people meet and support each other.
#BarbaraHulmeFineArtist #PortraitPainter #WatercolourPortraits #PortraitArtist #DisabilityArts #DisabledArtist #DisabilityInclusion #FigurativeArt #ContemporaryArt #ManchesterArtist #InternationalArtist