Disability and Perspective
Description
Curator: Adero Knott, founder and CEO of AK Prosthetics
Conversation Lead: Bess Williamson, author of Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design
About the Mini-Exhibition
Disability is seen/unseen.
Disability is independent.
Disability is fashion.
Disability is resilient.
Disability is radical.
Disability is sexy.
Disability is infinite.
In a time where able bodies control the built environment, that environment often excludes voices of people with disabilities. Disability and Perspective provides a glimpse into the lives of those forced to adapt to a world not designed for them and encourages the audience to consider how disability varies among individuals. The exhibition displays objects that are explicitly associated with disability, such as prosthetic devices, but also objects that are not, challenging the audience to see disability in a provocative light.
—Adero Knott, curator
About this web page
Below are the collectors' words—unedited—about their objects.