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A bathroom scene featuring a metal toilet roll dispenser with a partially unrolled toilet paper, mounted on a tiled wall.

Human rights and justice

idea

Public toilets are vanishing and that’s a civic catastrophe

New research shows it is a nightmare for all of us, but especially for people with health issues and marginalised groups

by Guido Corradi

Two performers are dancing on a stage in front of an audience. The scene is vibrant, featuring red and purple lights, with spectators taking photos and videos.

Dance

idea

How dance taught me to embrace my deformity

In the raw style of Tanztheater, I found a way to take my poetry into the physical world and express myself authentically

by Billy Gigurtsis

Abstract artwork of a disjointed figure composed of beige organic shapes and red geometric forms, creating a fragmented, surreal appearance.

The body and physical health

film

A wildly imaginative exploration of what movement means to someone without it

Directed by Mathieu Labaye

View from behind a wheelchair showing the back of red trainers, with people walking in the background on a pavement.

Disability

idea

Prejudice is more of a problem for some disabilities than others

It’s welcome that there’s more awareness of ableism, but further progress means digging into the varied ways it plays out

by Matt Huston

As a man holds open one side of a double glass door, another man opens the other side. The glass in the doors is almost opaque

Disability

idea

Blindness transformed my social world, and I changed with it

One of the biggest challenges in becoming blind late in life has been overcoming sighted people’s negative assumptions

by Jeffry Ricker

A black and white image of a girl in a white dress dancing behind her younger brother in a wheelchair, with trees and a road in the background. They are both smiling.

Disability

film

‘I’ll always err on the side of beauty’ – a mother’s cinematic ode to her son

Directed by Kelly O’Brien

Busy city street at dusk with people walking, illuminated by bright lights from buildings and vehicles, including a lit-up truck and taxis in the background.

Disability

idea

A few simple steps could empower the world’s largest minority

What makes people like me disabled is not our bodies but the societies we live in. Let me inspire a rethink in your attitudes

by Paras Shah

An X-ray image of a human chest displayed on an illuminated screen, showing ribs and part of the spine.

The body and physical health

idea

Studying tuberculosis in India, I saw the problem with cures

The ideal cure, a return to before the disorder or disease, can happen. But often that’s just not how bodies and life work

by Bharat Jayram Venkat