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Why don’t we just… treat disabled artists equally?

Big Issue North,
08 June 2018, United Kingdom

UK disabled artists are currently seen as leading the world but, after a long history of social and civic struggle for equality and legislation, it’s been a hard fought place to reach. Yet now, we seem to be throwing it all away and treating disabled artists worse than before. Why?

https://www.bigissuenorth.com/comment/2018/06/dont-just-treat-disabled-artists-equally/

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