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Disability Visibility
We’re delighted to welcome contributors to an essential anthology for disability rights, Disability Visibility.
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Sat, 24 Apr 2021 07:30 - 08:30 PDT
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Online
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In partnership with Arts & Disability Ireland
We’re delighted to welcome contributors to an essential anthology for disability rights, Disability Visibility. This collection of essays, memoirs and oral histories presents a vital snapshot of the vast range of experiences gathered under the umbrella term of disability, a galvanising insight into how many of us live, and how narrow a range of narratives tends to reach a national audience.
In partnership with Arts & Disability Ireland, we are joined by the anthology’s editor, Alice Wong, and contributors Eugene Grant and Alice Sheppard. The conversation will be facilitated by Jody O’Neill.
Alice Wong (she/her) is a disabled activist, media maker, and Director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing and amplifying disability media and culture.
Eugene Grant is a part time writer and activist in the dwarfism community, based in North East England.
Alice Sheppard is a dancer, choreographer and writer. Engaging disability arts, culture, and history, she is intrigued by the intersections of disability, gender, and race.
Jody O’Neill is an award-winning autistic writer and performer, based in County Wicklow. Her work has a strong focus on disability advocacy and social inclusion.
Access Information: Open captions and ISL interpretation will be available for this event. For further access information for all events, see 'Accessing the Festival' page on www.cuirt.ie
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Cúirt International Festival of Literature is one of Europe’s oldest book festivals, and a leading voice for literature both internationally and across Ireland. Founded in 1985, the festival began as a celebration of poetry and has since grown to a week-long celebration of all forms of writing.
Cúirt bring readers and writers together to tell stories, share new perspectives, and to celebrate writing, books and reading in all forms. Through our festival every April and our year-round programme of engagement, we nurture a community of readers interested in the world, creating a space for conversation, debate and reflection.
The name Cúirt comes from the Irish, drawing on Ireland’s history of bardic poetry and oral storytelling.