A History of Disability: From a Disability Arts perspective (Issue 2)
類目：線上資源
編輯﹕Colin Hambrook
網站：Disability Arts Online (DAO)
Introduction:
To the uninitiated, disability art conjures an image of a disabled person struggling to paint by clutching a paint brush between their teeth or toes, or as our first image shows, somewhat with tongue in cheek, a man without arms with a giant paintbrush strapped to his head painting on a canvas - a la disabled avantgarde performance artist Aaron Williamson.
This unlikely satire on a far too prevalent misconception is far from the truth. Throughout the course of history disabled people and our allies have used this medium in our struggle for equal rights; Disability Arts playing an important and vital role in this fight.
As well as more recent examples of disability arts in this history, we’ve also included other interesting facts that relate to disabled people more generally and how we’ve been perceived over the centuries, both good and bad.
Disabled people have used art as a form of protest against these restrictions and restraints and also as a way of educating people. Disability Art has become a powerful means of expression for disability communities throughout the world and we at Disability Arts Online are proud to be associated with this continuing expression of protest and creativity.
(Colin Hambrook, Editor, Disability Arts Online (DAO))
資料來源：https://disabilityarts.online/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/History-of-Disability-from-a-disability-arts-perspecive.pdf
