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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

A woman holds a square mirror that blocks her face; it reflects rocks and grass. There is blue sky and clouds in the background. The only element in focus is the reflection on the mirror.

Painting and sculpture

film

Losing her eyesight, a painter’s art evolves with the way she sees the world

Directed by Liberty Smith

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

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

Photo of a busy city street with blurred pedestrians and taxis at dusk, reflected in a glass window.

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

Photo of an X-ray on a lightbox showing a human chest in a dark room with a blank lightbox beside it.

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

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