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Why are disabled people asked to work for nothing?

In a survey of disabled arts professionals, Unlimited found 87% had been asked to do something for nothing. Lucy Peters asks Jo Verrent: When will the sector stop exploiting disabled creatives and acknowledge their value?

Jo Verrent and Lucy Peters
5 min read

When we created our survey, Something for Nothing, we knew we’d hear from disabled people in the arts about unfair working practices. We work in a sector where unpaid labour is normalised or see...

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