Changing perceptions about reasonable working adjustments are one way the arts could support emerging disabled artists, says Kate Lovell.
I was asked to come and talk about what it means to be a young disabled artist working now and about my current work to make the theatre industry more accessible to disabled people. I was flattered to be asked to talk on a panel about being a young artist, and delighted to get the opportunity to promote Ramps on the Moon, a project I will be talking more about later, but I was also self-conscious. Having just turned 31, am I really still young? Many schemes make being young a realm reserved only for the under 30s at best.
But equally, isn’t it absurd to feel old aged just 31... Keep reading on Disability Arts Online
I was asked to come and talk about what it means to be a young disabled artist working now and about my current work to make the theatre industry more accessible to disabled people. I was flattered to be asked to talk on a panel about being a young artist, and delighted to get the opportunity to promote Ramps on the Moon, a project I will be talking more about later, but I was also self-conscious. Having just turned 31, am I really still young? Many schemes make being young a realm reserved only for the under 30s at best.
But equally, isn’t it absurd to feel old aged just 31... Keep reading on Disability Arts Online