"Disability in the arts is an aspect within various arts disciplines of inclusive practices involving disability. It manifests itself in the output and mission of some stage and modern dance performing-arts companies, and as the subject matter of individual works of art."
The portrayal of disability in different forms of literature and how it intersects with genre conventions.
Disability Studies: A multidisciplinary field that examines the social, physical, economic, and political aspects of disability.
Literary Disability Studies: A subfield of Disability Studies that examines the representation of disability in literature.
Medical Model of Disability: A model that views disability as a medical condition that needs to be treated medically.
Social Model of Disability: A model that views disability as a social construct, created by society's failure to accommodate people with disabilities.
Stigma and Stereotyping: Negative attitudes and beliefs towards people with disabilities, which can lead to discrimination and exclusion.
Ableism: Discrimination against people with disabilities that privileges able-bodied people.
Representation in Literature: The portrayal of characters with disabilities in literature, including the ways in which they are depicted and the messages that these depictions convey.
Disability Activism and Advocacy: Movements and efforts to increase awareness and change attitudes towards people with disabilities.
Intersectionality: The intersection of different forms of oppression, such as disability, race, gender, sexuality, and class.
Language and Disability: The use of language to describe and talk about disability, including the impact of language on attitudes towards people with disabilities.
Body and Disability: The relationship between disability and the body, including the ways in which physical differences are stigmatized.
Access and Accommodation: The ways in which society fails to accommodate people with disabilities, and the efforts to change this through legislation and advocacy.
Autobiographical Writing: The writing of people with disabilities about their own experiences, including disability memoirs and disability rights activism.
Mental Health and Disability: The intersection of disability and mental health, including the stigmatization of mental illness and the importance of mental health care.
Disability and the Arts: The representation of disability in art and the role of the arts in promoting disability rights and representation.
Physical Disability: This type of disability affects a person's ability to move or perform physical tasks, such as walking, running, or lifting.
Developmental Disability: This type of disability affects a person's overall development, including cognitive, social, and emotional development.
Psychological Disability: This type of disability affects a person's mental health, such as anxiety disorders and depression.
Learning Disability: This type of disability affects a person's ability to learn and process information, such as dyslexia and ADHD.
Neurological Disability: This type of disability affects a person's nervous system, such as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy.
Speech and Language Disability: This type of disability affects a person's ability to communicate effectively, such as stuttering and apraxia.
Disability Memoirs: Autobiographies or personal essays written by people with disabilities.
Disability Fiction: Novels or short stories that feature characters with disabilities as protagonists or important plot elements.
Disability Studies: Academic writing that focuses on the social and cultural aspects of disability.
Disability Poetry: Poems written by people with disabilities that explore themes related to disability.
Disability Film: Movies that portray characters with disabilities or explore disability-related themes.
Disability Theatre: Plays that feature characters with disabilities or explore disability-related themes.
"Disability in the arts is distinguished from disability art in that it refers to art that includes people with disabilities, whether in themes, performance, or the creation of the artwork, rather than works focusing on disability as the central theme."
"It can also refer to work that is made as a political act toward shaping a new community, fostering disability culture."
"Disability culture is the difference between being alone, isolated, and individuated with a physical, cognitive, emotional, or sensory difference that in our society invites discrimination and reinforces that isolation – the difference between all that and being in community."
"Naming oneself part of a larger group, a social movement or a subject position in modernity can help to focus energy and to understand that solidarity can be found – precariously, in improvisation, always on the verge of collapse."
"People with disabilities sometimes participate in artistic activities as part of expressive therapy (also known as 'expressive arts therapy' or 'creative arts therapy')."
"Expressive therapy may take the form of writing therapy, music therapy, drama therapy, or another artistic method."
"While creativity and artistic expression are parts of expressive therapy, they are secondary to the goal of achieving a therapeutic benefit."
"This article describes disability in the arts where artistic achievement is the primary goal."