Disability Arts Online's magazine as audio Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/disability-arts-onlines-magazine-as-audio Disability Arts Online (DAO) is a UK-based charitable arts organisation led by disabled people. Disability Arts Online's digital magazine is the world's foremost publication dedicated to disability arts and culture. We publish news, reviews, interviews and opinion pieces weekly. This podcast is a collection of the audio versions of the articles in our digital magazine. They are typically read by the original author, or by a member of the DAO team. They are always read by an actual human. (c) Disability Arts Online 1932bf09-a842-5373-aab1-f595d58c66cf yes en Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:10:10 +0100 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:11:56 +0100 https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/ https://img.transistorcdn.com/tmSsqqU-D97TruISzRF9Cwl1x-LZvkT7A5LsPZtNbJg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82MTU5/MTY1NzdkOTgzY2Qx/YjI2OTFhMmNiYTli/OGY0MS5wbmc.jpg Disability Arts Online's magazine as audio https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/ episodic Disability Arts Online Disability Arts Online (DAO) is a UK-based charitable arts organisation led by disabled people. Disability Arts Online's digital magazine is the world's foremost publication dedicated to disability arts and culture. We publish news, reviews, interviews and opinion pieces weekly. This podcast is a collection of the audio versions of the articles in our digital magazine. They are typically read by the original author, or by a member of the DAO team. They are always read by an actual human. Disability Arts Online (DAO) is a UK-based charitable arts organisation led by disabled people. Disability Arts Online editorial@disabilityarts.online No No Opinion: The Art of Absurdity 26 26 Opinion: The Art of Absurdity full ecd9a68e-f7b2-405f-a30f-5a0102b619ed https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/the-art-of-absurdity-disability-protest-and-reversal-in-times-of-political-crisis/ Multi-disciplinary visual artist, Anna Li charts the history of the use of absurdist art as a form of protest. In particular, she looks at how disabled artists – including the Disabled Avant-Garde, Colin Cameron, Johnny Crescendo, and her own collaboration with Simon Raven – have used absurdist methods to push back against normative systems and ways of doing things. Read the article here.

]]> Multi-disciplinary visual artist, Anna Li charts the history of the use of absurdist art as a form of protest. In particular, she looks at how disabled artists – including the Disabled Avant-Garde, Colin Cameron, Johnny Crescendo, and her own collaboration with Simon Raven – have used absurdist methods to push back against normative systems and ways of doing things. Read the article here.

]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:10:06 +0100 Anna Li Anna Li 977 Multi-disciplinary visual artist, Anna Li charts the history of the use of absurdist art as a form of protest. In particular, she looks at how disabled artists – including the Disabled Avant-Garde, Colin Cameron, Johnny Crescendo, and her own collaboration with Simon Raven – have used absurdist methods to push back against normative systems and ways of doing things. Read the article here.

]]> absurdity, disability arts, Dada No Opinion: The joy of silence - on discovering I’m deaf 25 25 Opinion: The joy of silence - on discovering I’m deaf full 39bc04a3-42b6-4c1a-b6ff-544aa75964b4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e8d0ee97 Pete Carr reflects on a recent experience at the exhibition opening of I’ll Tell You Later, a D/deaf photography project. Whilst there, Carr discovered two important and related facts: they are deaf and the enforced silence provided a level of access for their neurodivergence that is usually sorely lacking at in-person events.

]]> Pete Carr reflects on a recent experience at the exhibition opening of I’ll Tell You Later, a D/deaf photography project. Whilst there, Carr discovered two important and related facts: they are deaf and the enforced silence provided a level of access for their neurodivergence that is usually sorely lacking at in-person events.

]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:27:03 +0000 Pete Carr Pete Carr 421 Pete Carr reflects on a recent experience at the exhibition opening of I’ll Tell You Later, a D/deaf photography project. Whilst there, Carr discovered two important and related facts: they are deaf and the enforced silence provided a level of access for their neurodivergence that is usually sorely lacking at in-person events.

]]> deaf, neurodivergent, photography No Opinion: Where the Props Live - Instrumentalism and the Cost of Visibility in the UK Arts Sector 24 24 Opinion: Where the Props Live - Instrumentalism and the Cost of Visibility in the UK Arts Sector full 7c8488b2-12ba-4d6b-8778-2ec872e21ee7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/869ac91b Diana Amma-Gyankoma Abankwah, an interdisciplinary artist working across dance film, movement and sound, draws on experiences where aspects of marginalisation including race and disability are used extractively and performatively by arts organisations and the wider sector, without meaningful engagement. This powerful reflection is both a indictment of current diversity and inclusion efforts and a call to action for better ways of centring artists with lived experience. 

]]> Diana Amma-Gyankoma Abankwah, an interdisciplinary artist working across dance film, movement and sound, draws on experiences where aspects of marginalisation including race and disability are used extractively and performatively by arts organisations and the wider sector, without meaningful engagement. This powerful reflection is both a indictment of current diversity and inclusion efforts and a call to action for better ways of centring artists with lived experience. 

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:20:30 +0000 Diana Amma-Gyankoma Abankwah Diana Amma-Gyankoma Abankwah 589 Diana Amma-Gyankoma Abankwah, an interdisciplinary artist working across dance film, movement and sound, draws on experiences where aspects of marginalisation including race and disability are used extractively and performatively by arts organisations and the wider sector, without meaningful engagement. This powerful reflection is both a indictment of current diversity and inclusion efforts and a call to action for better ways of centring artists with lived experience. 

]]> No Opinion: Art and the Psych Ward 23 23 Opinion: Art and the Psych Ward full 7069ff5b-4ee8-48a3-8976-b5e52fcf855d https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/art-and-the-psych-ward Journalist Caroline Butterwick shares a deeply personal account of how creativity helped her navigate a recent hospitalisation on a psychiatric ward, grappling with the ongoing tension of truly representing – and the risk of romanticising – her experiences. Incidentally, the experience meant she had to pull out of writing a separate article for DAO's magazine, so this contribution, in some ways, comes full circle.

]]> Journalist Caroline Butterwick shares a deeply personal account of how creativity helped her navigate a recent hospitalisation on a psychiatric ward, grappling with the ongoing tension of truly representing – and the risk of romanticising – her experiences. Incidentally, the experience meant she had to pull out of writing a separate article for DAO's magazine, so this contribution, in some ways, comes full circle.

]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:07:15 +0000 Caroline Butterwick Caroline Butterwick 607 Journalist Caroline Butterwick shares a deeply personal account of how creativity helped her navigate a recent hospitalisation on a psychiatric ward, grappling with the ongoing tension of truly representing – and the risk of romanticising – her experiences. Incidentally, the experience meant she had to pull out of writing a separate article for DAO's magazine, so this contribution, in some ways, comes full circle.

]]> No Showcase: A day in the life of disabled writer Matt Alton 22 22 Showcase: A day in the life of disabled writer Matt Alton full 922a7f40-623e-4d69-a7cc-5d4c61b21b02 https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/showcase/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-artist-raw-materials/ Matt Alton gives an account of a day in the life of a disabled writer, discussing favourite and not so favourite books, and reading and writing through a body in pain. Article here.

]]> Matt Alton gives an account of a day in the life of a disabled writer, discussing favourite and not so favourite books, and reading and writing through a body in pain. Article here.

]]> Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:05:56 +0000 Matt Alton Matt Alton 587 Matt Alton gives an account of a day in the life of a disabled writer, discussing favourite and not so favourite books, and reading and writing through a body in pain. Article here.

]]> No Review: I Swear 21 21 Review: I Swear full e9644dcf-2a9a-4010-82fe-cd077cbad9e6 https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/i-swear-a-film-following-the-life-and-times-of-a-tourettes-campaigner/ I Swear is the true-life story of Tourette Syndrome campaigner John Davidson following his adolescence and early adulthood in 1980s Britain. Alison Wilde critiques the context and impact the film has made. Review by Alison Wilde, read by Kate Stephens. 

]]> I Swear is the true-life story of Tourette Syndrome campaigner John Davidson following his adolescence and early adulthood in 1980s Britain. Alison Wilde critiques the context and impact the film has made. Review by Alison Wilde, read by Kate Stephens. 

]]> Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:44:48 +0000 Disability Arts Online Disability Arts Online 835 I Swear is the true-life story of Tourette Syndrome campaigner John Davidson following his adolescence and early adulthood in 1980s Britain. Alison Wilde critiques the context and impact the film has made. Review by Alison Wilde, read by Kate Stephens. 

]]> No Review: Beyond the Visual 20 20 Review: Beyond the Visual full 654ca9c6-6d09-45f5-935e-de213020d1e8 https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/beyond-the-visual-landmark-exhibition-led-by-visually-impaired-artists-and-curators/ Beyond the Visual at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds claims to be the ‘UK’s first major sculpture exhibition in which blind and partially blind practitioners are central to the curatorial process and make up the majority of participating artists’. It features work by 16 artists alongside creative approaches to audio description. Gill Crawshaw ponders if the show has something for everyone. Written and read by Gill Crawshaw.

]]> Beyond the Visual at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds claims to be the ‘UK’s first major sculpture exhibition in which blind and partially blind practitioners are central to the curatorial process and make up the majority of participating artists’. It features work by 16 artists alongside creative approaches to audio description. Gill Crawshaw ponders if the show has something for everyone. Written and read by Gill Crawshaw.

]]> Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:41:25 +0000 Gill Crawshaw Gill Crawshaw 654 Beyond the Visual at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds claims to be the ‘UK’s first major sculpture exhibition in which blind and partially blind practitioners are central to the curatorial process and make up the majority of participating artists’. It features work by 16 artists alongside creative approaches to audio description. Gill Crawshaw ponders if the show has something for everyone. Written and read by Gill Crawshaw.

]]> visual art, sculpture, visual impairment, blindness No News: Disability Arts Online announces Cripping Culture heritage project 19 19 News: Disability Arts Online announces Cripping Culture heritage project full d4b83172-772f-4fb9-8c71-69a201b8f668 https://share.transistor.fm/s/95634c62 Disability Arts Online (DAO) has received a £249,607 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support a major project which will save the stories of the Disability Arts movement from being lost and share them through a digital archive, interactive timeline and podcast series. 

]]> Disability Arts Online (DAO) has received a £249,607 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support a major project which will save the stories of the Disability Arts movement from being lost and share them through a digital archive, interactive timeline and podcast series. 

]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0000 Disability Arts Online Disability Arts Online 366 Disability Arts Online (DAO) has received a £249,607 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support a major project which will save the stories of the Disability Arts movement from being lost and share them through a digital archive, interactive timeline and podcast series. 

]]> heritage, disability arts No News: Nabil Shaban Obituary 18 18 News: Nabil Shaban Obituary full a4cc318f-8b1a-4543-a952-2da2061e3656 https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/news/obituary-nabil-shaban-1953-2025/ DAO was saddened to hear of the death of Nabil Shaban, disabled activist, actor and writer who was co-founder of pioneering disability-led arts organisation Graeae Theatre Company. Simon Mckeown, Disability Artist and Professor of Art at Teesside University sent the following tribute to his comrade-in-arms. Read the article here.

]]> DAO was saddened to hear of the death of Nabil Shaban, disabled activist, actor and writer who was co-founder of pioneering disability-led arts organisation Graeae Theatre Company. Simon Mckeown, Disability Artist and Professor of Art at Teesside University sent the following tribute to his comrade-in-arms. Read the article here.

]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:23:33 +0000 Simon McKeown Simon McKeown 746 DAO was saddened to hear of the death of Nabil Shaban, disabled activist, actor and writer who was co-founder of pioneering disability-led arts organisation Graeae Theatre Company. Simon Mckeown, Disability Artist and Professor of Art at Teesside University sent the following tribute to his comrade-in-arms. Read the article here.

]]> No Review: Shape Open 2025, Rights Cuts Action 17 17 Review: Shape Open 2025, Rights Cuts Action full d4a50fa8-6be4-4ad4-bce0-d11ead2ebaf9 https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/shape-open-2025-rights-cuts-action-the-creativity-of-disabled-resistance/ This year's Shape Open exhibition takes up the expansive space of High Wycombe's Brunel Engine Shed featuring work by 12 disabled artists alongside archival protest photography from Keith Armstrong. The works respond to the political backdrop continuous cuts to disability benefits and the ongoing fight for disabled people's rights in the face of oppression. Written and read by Sonia Boué. Content note: this article contains references to death and themes that may cause distress. Read the article here.

]]> This year's Shape Open exhibition takes up the expansive space of High Wycombe's Brunel Engine Shed featuring work by 12 disabled artists alongside archival protest photography from Keith Armstrong. The works respond to the political backdrop continuous cuts to disability benefits and the ongoing fight for disabled people's rights in the face of oppression. Written and read by Sonia Boué. Content note: this article contains references to death and themes that may cause distress. Read the article here.

]]> Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:23:55 +0000 Sonia Boue Sonia Boue 721 This year's Shape Open exhibition takes up the expansive space of High Wycombe's Brunel Engine Shed featuring work by 12 disabled artists alongside archival protest photography from Keith Armstrong. The works respond to the political backdrop continuous cuts to disability benefits and the ongoing fight for disabled people's rights in the face of oppression. Written and read by Sonia Boué. Content note: this article contains references to death and themes that may cause distress. Read the article here.

]]> protest, benefits, disability No Review: Molly Joyce's album State Change - musical notes meet medical notes 16 16 Review: Molly Joyce's album State Change - musical notes meet medical notes full b6948c8d-1315-43fb-af1b-6e6fe4fe1024 https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/molly-joyce-state-change-musical-notes-meet-medical-notes/ Molly Joyce is an American performer and composer whose work explores disability as creative material. Her latest album, State Change uses surgical records as musical lyrics and utilises various adaptive music technologies. Written and read by Kin. Read the article here.

]]> Molly Joyce is an American performer and composer whose work explores disability as creative material. Her latest album, State Change uses surgical records as musical lyrics and utilises various adaptive music technologies. Written and read by Kin. Read the article here.

]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:56:08 +0100 Kin Kin 353 Molly Joyce is an American performer and composer whose work explores disability as creative material. Her latest album, State Change uses surgical records as musical lyrics and utilises various adaptive music technologies. Written and read by Kin. Read the article here.

]]> music, composition, contemporary classical No Review: Nnena Kalu’s Turner Prize exhibition 15 15 Review: Nnena Kalu’s Turner Prize exhibition full 3a634879-0be8-4aff-8c71-c955dc651f2f https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/nnena-kalus-turner-prize-exhibition-resplendent-in-the-pleasures-of-process/ ActionSpace artist, Nnena Kalu has made a splash by being nominated for the 2025 Turner Prize as a learning-disabled artist. Mark Sheerin reflects on the significance and brilliance of her Turner Prize exhibition at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, as part of Bradford City of Culture. Read by Mark Sheerin. Read the article here.

]]> ActionSpace artist, Nnena Kalu has made a splash by being nominated for the 2025 Turner Prize as a learning-disabled artist. Mark Sheerin reflects on the significance and brilliance of her Turner Prize exhibition at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, as part of Bradford City of Culture. Read by Mark Sheerin. Read the article here.

]]> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:56:42 +0100 Mark Sheerin Mark Sheerin 427 ActionSpace artist, Nnena Kalu has made a splash by being nominated for the 2025 Turner Prize as a learning-disabled artist. Mark Sheerin reflects on the significance and brilliance of her Turner Prize exhibition at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, as part of Bradford City of Culture. Read by Mark Sheerin. Read the article here.

]]> Turner Prize, visual art, learning disability No Opinion: 30 years of Benedict Phillips' Agresiv Dislecksick 14 14 Opinion: 30 years of Benedict Phillips' Agresiv Dislecksick full cf0e4d5e-82f8-46eb-b0ff-4da6f3ae3362 https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/benedict-phillips-30-years-of-the-agresiv-dislecksick/ DAO editor Colin Hambrook gives an appraisal of the power of Benedict Phillip’s artwork ‘the agender of the agresiv dislecksick’ on the 30th anniversary of having first published the activist manifesto in Disability Arts in London (DAIL) Magazine. Read the article here.

]]> DAO editor Colin Hambrook gives an appraisal of the power of Benedict Phillip’s artwork ‘the agender of the agresiv dislecksick’ on the 30th anniversary of having first published the activist manifesto in Disability Arts in London (DAIL) Magazine. Read the article here.

]]> Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:09:58 +0100 Colin Hambrook Colin Hambrook 423 DAO editor Colin Hambrook gives an appraisal of the power of Benedict Phillip’s artwork ‘the agender of the agresiv dislecksick’ on the 30th anniversary of having first published the activist manifesto in Disability Arts in London (DAIL) Magazine. Read the article here.

]]> dyslexia, neurodiversity, disability No Opinion: A Love Letter for Disabled Writers 13 13 Opinion: A Love Letter for Disabled Writers full b61602c8-452f-46d1-b556-9ee51afa34d7 https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/a-love-letter-for-disabled-writers/ Disabled writer and journalist Haneul Lee delivers an impassioned call, inspired by conversations with Julie Farrell and Ever Dundas, fellow writers and publishers of the Inklusion Guide, a resource aimed at making publishing more accessible. Haneul shows appreciation to all the disabled writers who keep creating in spite of barriers, who do so unapologetically, who write like their lives depend on it. Written and read by Haneul Lee. Read the article here.

]]> Disabled writer and journalist Haneul Lee delivers an impassioned call, inspired by conversations with Julie Farrell and Ever Dundas, fellow writers and publishers of the Inklusion Guide, a resource aimed at making publishing more accessible. Haneul shows appreciation to all the disabled writers who keep creating in spite of barriers, who do so unapologetically, who write like their lives depend on it. Written and read by Haneul Lee. Read the article here.

]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:43:06 +0100 Haneul Lee Haneul Lee 450 Disabled writer and journalist Haneul Lee delivers an impassioned call, inspired by conversations with Julie Farrell and Ever Dundas, fellow writers and publishers of the Inklusion Guide, a resource aimed at making publishing more accessible. Haneul shows appreciation to all the disabled writers who keep creating in spite of barriers, who do so unapologetically, who write like their lives depend on it. Written and read by Haneul Lee. Read the article here.

]]> writing, literature, disability No Review: gobscure's Edgecity monologues from the street feat. Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson 12 12 Review: gobscure's Edgecity monologues from the street feat. Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson full 1ce8b399-55d8-4fc5-966f-4d46fd84f07a https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/edgecity-gobscure-meets-sleaford-mods-to-bring-hope-from-the-streets/ Edgecity: Monologues from the street is a series of texts reflecting life from the margins and on the streets, written by gobscure and performed alongside Jason Williamson, the frontman of Sleaford Mods. It played exclusively at Newcastle’s Live Theatre 25-27 September. Written and read by Joe Turnbull. Read the article here.

]]> Edgecity: Monologues from the street is a series of texts reflecting life from the margins and on the streets, written by gobscure and performed alongside Jason Williamson, the frontman of Sleaford Mods. It played exclusively at Newcastle’s Live Theatre 25-27 September. Written and read by Joe Turnbull. Read the article here.

]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:25:35 +0100 Joe Turnbull Joe Turnbull 374 Edgecity: Monologues from the street is a series of texts reflecting life from the margins and on the streets, written by gobscure and performed alongside Jason Williamson, the frontman of Sleaford Mods. It played exclusively at Newcastle’s Live Theatre 25-27 September. Written and read by Joe Turnbull. Read the article here.

]]> Sleaford Mods, post-punk, inequality, homelessness, theatre No Review: Lisette Auton’s The Starlight Rebel - a manifesto for our times 11 11 Review: Lisette Auton’s The Starlight Rebel - a manifesto for our times full 6c39a407-ba5f-444f-ac0b-f995978bf389 https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/lisette-autons-the-starlight-rebel-a-manifesto-for-our-times/ The Starlight Rebel is a spellbinding space-age adventure which hums with a quiet manifesto for our times. Kate Lovell reviews Lisette Auton’s latest novel for children and young people. Read by Kate Lovell. Full article here.

]]> The Starlight Rebel is a spellbinding space-age adventure which hums with a quiet manifesto for our times. Kate Lovell reviews Lisette Auton’s latest novel for children and young people. Read by Kate Lovell. Full article here.

]]> Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:14:33 +0100 Kate Lovell Kate Lovell 352 The Starlight Rebel is a spellbinding space-age adventure which hums with a quiet manifesto for our times. Kate Lovell reviews Lisette Auton’s latest novel for children and young people. Read by Kate Lovell. Full article here.

]]> children's fiction, sci-fi, disability No Interview: Liberty Festival 2025 sends a CRIPtic message - disabled artistry is exceptional 10 10 Interview: Liberty Festival 2025 sends a CRIPtic message - disabled artistry is exceptional full 94bba6a5-1373-49e1-85d8-22c108c717dc https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/interviews/liberty-festival-2025-sends-a-criptic-message-disabled-artistry-is-exceptional/ Liberty Festival 2025 brings a celebration of disabled artistry to Wandsworth from 24–29 September. This year, disabled-led company CRIPtic Arts is curating the programme. Artistic Director, Jamie Hale tells Haneul Lee that audiences should expect creativity, conversations and above all, a sense of connection. Read by Haneul Lee. The article is available here.

]]> Liberty Festival 2025 brings a celebration of disabled artistry to Wandsworth from 24–29 September. This year, disabled-led company CRIPtic Arts is curating the programme. Artistic Director, Jamie Hale tells Haneul Lee that audiences should expect creativity, conversations and above all, a sense of connection. Read by Haneul Lee. The article is available here.

]]> Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:47:41 +0100 Haneul Lee Haneul Lee 381 Liberty Festival 2025 brings a celebration of disabled artistry to Wandsworth from 24–29 September. This year, disabled-led company CRIPtic Arts is curating the programme. Artistic Director, Jamie Hale tells Haneul Lee that audiences should expect creativity, conversations and above all, a sense of connection. Read by Haneul Lee. The article is available here.

]]> No Opinion: BFI We Crip Film Festival - a mainstreaming of crip sensibilities? 9 9 Opinion: BFI We Crip Film Festival - a mainstreaming of crip sensibilities? full 7cb426a0-1ade-4faa-9cac-77024b86438b https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/bfi-we-crip-film-festival-a-mainstreaming-of-crip-sensibilities/ BFI Southbank's We Crip Film Festival during this year's Disability Pride Month promised to be 'a reclamation by the disabled film community to champion our strength, creativity and ingenuity as we survive and thrive.' We Crip Film is BFI's 'intersectional disability advocacy group'. James Zatka-Haas reflects on its significance. Read by Joe Turnbull.

The article is available here.

]]> BFI Southbank's We Crip Film Festival during this year's Disability Pride Month promised to be 'a reclamation by the disabled film community to champion our strength, creativity and ingenuity as we survive and thrive.' We Crip Film is BFI's 'intersectional disability advocacy group'. James Zatka-Haas reflects on its significance. Read by Joe Turnbull.

The article is available here.

]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:59:24 +0100 James Zatka-Haas James Zatka-Haas 362 BFI Southbank's We Crip Film Festival during this year's Disability Pride Month promised to be 'a reclamation by the disabled film community to champion our strength, creativity and ingenuity as we survive and thrive.' We Crip Film is BFI's 'intersectional disability advocacy group'. James Zatka-Haas reflects on its significance. Read by Joe Turnbull.

The article is available here.

]]> Film, crip, disability No Review: Design and Disability at the V&A Museum 8 8 Review: Design and Disability at the V&A Museum full 3ebabc94-9ed4-487e-a278-cab19799a2b9 https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/design-and-disability-at-va-museum-accessible-form-but-what-about-the-content/ Artist and filmmaker Richard Butchins visits the Design and Disability exhibition at London’s V&A Museum. Promising to put disability on the map in the history of design, the show champions inclusion and accessibility – but does it offer anything more? The video review is available here.

Design and Disability is at V&A, London until 15 February 2026. Free to disabled visitors, £16 otherwise.

]]> Artist and filmmaker Richard Butchins visits the Design and Disability exhibition at London’s V&A Museum. Promising to put disability on the map in the history of design, the show champions inclusion and accessibility – but does it offer anything more? The video review is available here.

Design and Disability is at V&A, London until 15 February 2026. Free to disabled visitors, £16 otherwise.

]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0100 Richard Butchins Richard Butchins 335 Artist and filmmaker Richard Butchins visits the Design and Disability exhibition at London’s V&A Museum. Promising to put disability on the map in the history of design, the show champions inclusion and accessibility – but does it offer anything more? The video review is available here.

Design and Disability is at V&A, London until 15 February 2026. Free to disabled visitors, £16 otherwise.

]]> design, fashion, disability No Review: Christopher Samuel, Watch Us Lead - an ecclesiastical antidote to erasure 7 7 Review: Christopher Samuel, Watch Us Lead - an ecclesiastical antidote to erasure full 3100dd1e-a2bc-445f-822a-cf6016d3090a https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/christopher-samuel-watch-us-lead-an-ecclesiastical-antidote-to-erasure/ Watch Us Lead is a new permanent exhibition by Christopher Samuel at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, combining interviews with disabled people of colour based in the region with stained glass and drawings by Samuel which bring the stories to life. Written and read by Ashokkumar Mistry. Read the article here.

]]> Watch Us Lead is a new permanent exhibition by Christopher Samuel at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, combining interviews with disabled people of colour based in the region with stained glass and drawings by Samuel which bring the stories to life. Written and read by Ashokkumar Mistry. Read the article here.

]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:57:00 +0100 Ashokkumar Mistry Ashokkumar Mistry 535 Watch Us Lead is a new permanent exhibition by Christopher Samuel at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, combining interviews with disabled people of colour based in the region with stained glass and drawings by Samuel which bring the stories to life. Written and read by Ashokkumar Mistry. Read the article here.

]]> race, disability No Review: Finding Shelter and hope at the Outside In national exhibition 6 6 Review: Finding Shelter and hope at the Outside In national exhibition full 08d7cc17-3e99-41cc-8878-29f76050b8bd https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/finding-shelter-and-hope-at-the-outside-in-national-exhibition/ Outside In provides a platform for artists who encounter significant barriers to the art world due to health, disability, social circumstance, or isolation. Gill Crawshaw visits their national open exhibition at The New Art Gallery Walsall. She finds diverse interpretations of the theme of Shelter, ranging from safety and home comforts to the dangers and insecurity that result when shelter is absent. Written and read by Gill Crawshaw. Read the article here.


]]> Outside In provides a platform for artists who encounter significant barriers to the art world due to health, disability, social circumstance, or isolation. Gill Crawshaw visits their national open exhibition at The New Art Gallery Walsall. She finds diverse interpretations of the theme of Shelter, ranging from safety and home comforts to the dangers and insecurity that result when shelter is absent. Written and read by Gill Crawshaw. Read the article here.


]]> Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0100 Gill Crawshaw Gill Crawshaw 466 Outside In provides a platform for artists who encounter significant barriers to the art world due to health, disability, social circumstance, or isolation. Gill Crawshaw visits their national open exhibition at The New Art Gallery Walsall. She finds diverse interpretations of the theme of Shelter, ranging from safety and home comforts to the dangers and insecurity that result when shelter is absent. Written and read by Gill Crawshaw. Read the article here.


]]> homelessness No Review: Fiona Moon A Brief History of Neurodivergence - a birthday party for your neurodivergent brain 5 5 Review: Fiona Moon A Brief History of Neurodivergence - a birthday party for your neurodivergent brain full baf4959d-351f-4160-9f2d-ec1a23dfb952 https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/fiona-moon-a-brief-history-of-neurodivergence-a-birthday-party-for-your-neurodivergent-brain Fiona Moon’s one-woman Fringe show explores the shame, pain and grief of a neurodivergent life alongside a tapestry of furious stimming, facts, audience participation, and a small pink squishy brain companion. Written by Oren Shoesmith. Read by Rabindranath X Bhose. Read the article here.

]]> Fiona Moon’s one-woman Fringe show explores the shame, pain and grief of a neurodivergent life alongside a tapestry of furious stimming, facts, audience participation, and a small pink squishy brain companion. Written by Oren Shoesmith. Read by Rabindranath X Bhose. Read the article here.

]]> Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:34:13 +0100 Oren Shoesmith Oren Shoesmith 387 Fiona Moon’s one-woman Fringe show explores the shame, pain and grief of a neurodivergent life alongside a tapestry of furious stimming, facts, audience participation, and a small pink squishy brain companion. Written by Oren Shoesmith. Read by Rabindranath X Bhose. Read the article here.

]]> neurodivergence, neurodiversity No Review: Cathy Mager’s Finger Talk - deaf heritage takes centre stage 4 4 Review: Cathy Mager’s Finger Talk - deaf heritage takes centre stage full 5f8ceabb-c00a-421c-903f-d8e29d8a97f9 https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/cathy-magers-finger-talk-deaf-heritage-takes-centre-stage/ Finger Talk is a new installation by Cathy Mager which foregrounds BSL as a living, evolving language with a rich cultural history, bringing together archival films, contemporary performance, animation and sound. Mark Sheerin went to experience the work at the Wellcome Collection. Read by Mark Sheerin.

]]> Finger Talk is a new installation by Cathy Mager which foregrounds BSL as a living, evolving language with a rich cultural history, bringing together archival films, contemporary performance, animation and sound. Mark Sheerin went to experience the work at the Wellcome Collection. Read by Mark Sheerin.

]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:35:46 +0100 Mark Sheerin Mark Sheerin 314 Finger Talk is a new installation by Cathy Mager which foregrounds BSL as a living, evolving language with a rich cultural history, bringing together archival films, contemporary performance, animation and sound. Mark Sheerin went to experience the work at the Wellcome Collection. Read by Mark Sheerin.

]]> No Review: The Dan Daw Show - disabled people getting screwed, just not as you know it 3 3 Review: The Dan Daw Show - disabled people getting screwed, just not as you know it full 72a0b1bf-0b22-49ca-aa5d-f9194aafdc7a https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/the-dan-daw-show-disabled-people-getting-screwed-just-not-as-you-know-it/ The Dan Daw Show uses kink and theatricality to reclaim power and explore disabled sexuality in a way that is rarely seen on screen or stage. Elspeth Wilson experienced the show at Edinburgh International Festival in a way that put her bodymind at ease, despite the at times discomforting subject matter. Written and read by Elspeth Wilson.

The article is published here.

]]> The Dan Daw Show uses kink and theatricality to reclaim power and explore disabled sexuality in a way that is rarely seen on screen or stage. Elspeth Wilson experienced the show at Edinburgh International Festival in a way that put her bodymind at ease, despite the at times discomforting subject matter. Written and read by Elspeth Wilson.

The article is published here.

]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:28:53 +0100 Elspeth Wilson Elspeth Wilson 244 The Dan Daw Show uses kink and theatricality to reclaim power and explore disabled sexuality in a way that is rarely seen on screen or stage. Elspeth Wilson experienced the show at Edinburgh International Festival in a way that put her bodymind at ease, despite the at times discomforting subject matter. Written and read by Elspeth Wilson.

The article is published here.

]]> Yes Review: Las Gemelas Arrival (a lexicon of unmaking) 2 2 Review: Las Gemelas Arrival (a lexicon of unmaking) full 31a61b6f-0b53-4f4a-a137-24a83b14fbcc https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/john-hansard-gallery-present-las-gemelas-arrival-a-lexicon-of-unmaking/ Sonia Boué and Ashokkumar D Mistry interpret Southampton’s archive of the story of 4000 Basque children seeking refuge in Las Gemelas: ‘Arrival (a lexicon of unmaking)’. Colin Hambrook went to see the show, currently on exhibition at the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton. Read by Colin Hambrook. Read the article here.

]]> Sonia Boué and Ashokkumar D Mistry interpret Southampton’s archive of the story of 4000 Basque children seeking refuge in Las Gemelas: ‘Arrival (a lexicon of unmaking)’. Colin Hambrook went to see the show, currently on exhibition at the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton. Read by Colin Hambrook. Read the article here.

]]> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000 Colin Hambrook Colin Hambrook 499 Sonia Boué and Ashokkumar D Mistry interpret Southampton’s archive of the story of 4000 Basque children seeking refuge in Las Gemelas: ‘Arrival (a lexicon of unmaking)’. Colin Hambrook went to see the show, currently on exhibition at the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton. Read by Colin Hambrook. Read the article here.

]]> No Review: Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfarer 1 1 Review: Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfarer full 33ac8f00-1c86-4e89-b449-0ba8b7bf330f https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/songs-of-the-wayfarer-a-journey-across-metaphorical-hills-and-mountains/ Colin Hambrook reflects on Claire Cunningham’s latest show Songs of the Wayfarer, bringing a world of hillwalking and Mahler together under one roof with her signature aesthetic and caring approach to audiences. Read by Colin Hambrook. Read the article here.

]]> Colin Hambrook reflects on Claire Cunningham’s latest show Songs of the Wayfarer, bringing a world of hillwalking and Mahler together under one roof with her signature aesthetic and caring approach to audiences. Read by Colin Hambrook. Read the article here.

]]> Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000 Colin Hambrook Colin Hambrook 445 Colin Hambrook reflects on Claire Cunningham’s latest show Songs of the Wayfarer, bringing a world of hillwalking and Mahler together under one roof with her signature aesthetic and caring approach to audiences. Read by Colin Hambrook. Read the article here.

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