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USA Projects love song
Listen to this post: Many of you visiting this blog helped fund “Who Am I To Stop It” by donating to USA Projects back in the early days when the film was called “The Art of Brain Injury.” We had such great success with the campaign that USA Projects asked me to make a brief…
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Where did this brain injury film thing come from?
Listen to this post: As more folks I haven’t met are visiting this blog, I realized a little introduction is in order! This brain injury film thing started in 2011 when Impetus Arts produced its 3rd storytelling performance called “No One Wants to See the Wires.” It’s a writing and performance workshop for disabled artists.…
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Arghh! It’s a Disabled Person!
Listen to this post: Please enjoy this fabulous short documentary about Disability art. It’s from Great Britain, and they talk about the need for more disabled people getting arts training and opportunities to play roles in the media. One of the folks interviewed, Mat Fraser, used to co-host the Ouch! Disability Talk Show podcast with Liz…
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Can Disability art leave the Disability community? Yes!
Listen to this post: Last night my film, “Friending with Brain Injury!” premiered in Portland at Disability Comedy Movie Night. We showed three other comedies; all were written by disabled artists, starred disabled artists, or both. The audience had folks with and without disabilities, and there was laughter all around at different times. We talked…
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Disability Reality TV (Fantasy Reality TV, that is)
Listen to this post: Reading Ben Mattlin‘s book the other day, he reminded me (as the reader, not me in particular) that in the disability rights movement there’s been a warning to not reveal too much about your personal life to the public. When you do, you open yourself up to unsavory reactions. You might…