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13 July 2020
The Last of Us 2’s final guitar scene reveals the game’s core failings
The closing moments of The Last of Us Part 2 are supposed to be devastating, instead it feels frustrating and destructive to its own goals of representation.
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3 March 2020
Interview with comedian Richard Stott
"It is so ingrained within us not to laugh, look, talk about anyone’s disability for fear of upsetting them… but all that does is create an elephant in the room. My work is about inviting the elephant to sit at the table and tell us about itself."
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27 November 2019
I wanted more than survival, says performance poet Neal Pike
"The 90s was very much a place where disabled people could only survive and never aspire to anything more."
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28 January 2019
Tina Dickinson, Gold Arts Award
Gold Arts Award participant, Tina Dickinson, tells us about her experience of completing her Arts Award in Filming (camerawork) and Editing.
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30 November 2018
Accessibility and the theatre: what’s the problem?
For some of us, going to the theatre is an enjoyable experience, and the only thing we have to worry about is the quality of the performance. However, members of the audience who are D/deaf or disabled can't even be guaranteed their needs will be accommodated.
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12 September 2018
Interview with Tom, Programme Delivery Manager at Drake Music
We catch up with Tom McGrath, Programme Delivery Manager at Drake Music, about breaking down disabling barriers to music, changes in the industry and music being a human right.
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28 August 2018
No, people with invisible illnesses aren't trying to steal parking spaces
There seems to be a misguided belief that people with autism or mental health difficulties want to cheat the system by getting a blue badge. I've never heard anything so laughable.
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23 July 2018
Online activism and accessibility
With passion for activist causes growing in a world focused on physical direct action, how can people with disabilities have their voices heard online and offline?
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8 February 2018
Victoria Edwards, Arts Award Gold achiever
We catch up with Victoria Edwards, who has recently participated in Gold Arts Award with a project that involved creating a symposium around inclusion in the arts, called Meeting in the Middle.
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25 September 2017
What goes on at... Carousel?
We caught up with Carousel, one of the 2017-2018 Arts Award Good Practice Centres to see how they use Arts Award so well that they earn the title.
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30 October 2016
How do Digital Technologies Break the Barrier to Accessing the Arts for Young Disabled Young People?
This afternoon I attended Shape Art's event, and followed their discussion on providing opportunities and support for disabled artists.
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10 September 2015
Creative Minds: exploring disability arts in the UK
I love DV8 physical theatre. My partner loathes them. Who is right?