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Artists with learning disabilities deserve critical review: we can all help make that happen

Theatre critics don’t engage with the work of artists with learning disabilities, but it’s time to change that and we can all play our part. Bella Todd puts forward 8 ways for bringing about that change.

Bella Todd
6 min read

When neurodiverse performance company Spectra took an in-depth look at why theatre critics don’t engage with the work of artists with learning disabilities, it found no less than 11 factors that...

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