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Dolly Sen's Blog
Award winning writer, film-maker and artist gives an insight into the world of a mental health system survivor
Extant: Effing & Blinding Cabaret
Extant’s Effing & Blinding Cabaret met with acclaim when it ran in the Edingburgh Fringe Festival in August 2008. Liz Porter took the opportunity to catch it earlier this month at the Rich Mix in London
Katherine Araniello: Terminal Services
Katherine Araniello was recently invited by Beaconsfield to be part of an artists' intervention at Tate Britain. She gives dao a snapshot of the thinking behind her character - Terminal Services
Outside In
Outside In is a programme initiated by Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, dedicated to creating opportunities for marginalised and disabled artists. Colin Hambrook gives a personal take on the issues which underlie the project.
Aaron Williamson: Performance, Video, Collaboration
A recent Live Art Development Agency publication documents the emergence of the Disabled Avant Garde. Colin Hambrook reviews.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
David Bower gives a riveting and convincing performance in a recent BBC radio adaptation of the classic tale of love and betrayal.
Gus Cummins' Ictal Project
The latest installment of Gus Cummins' Ictal project, now on show in Exeter, has involved converting recordings of activity during seizures, into sound and vision. Kate Cotton reports
Close up Talk @ Tate Britain
Liz Porter visits an audio-described tour of Tate Britain and reflects on access provision for visually impaired people at museums and art galleries.
Alan Scott: in memoriam
What does a disabled person need to get by? DAO reproduces an insightful reflection from a warm, sensitive artist who sadly died in October 2008
Penny Pepper
Disabled writer and performer Penny Pepper, gives dao readers an inside view of the relevance of disability arts in her day-to-day working life
Crippen's Blog
Dave Lupton aka disability cartoonist Crippen, continues his irreverant rampage through life and DAO!