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Disability Art
Disability art refers to the exploration of the disability experience through an art form or content by an individual. Disability art focuses on the expression of the positive identity of disability with the concept of disability art relating to theater, performance, music, literature, and art; which is intended for both, able and disabled. Disability art is developed through themes, support communities and artist who are disabled.

Themes
Themes in disability art incorporate with the individual past, and present of how they look at their disadvantages. These disadvantages can be resulted to creating work to better understanding them, to those who do not. The themes that surround disability art are stereotypes, advantages, disadvantages, inclusion, exclusion, physical and mental health.

Disability Artist

 * Christine Sun Kim an American sound artist who creates work through drawing, video and performance base on how sound affects her and society around it.


 * Stephen Wiltshire is a British artist diagnosed with autism at the age of three that creates highly detailed cityscapes.


 * John Bramblitt is an American artist who is "functionally blind" meaning that he can differentiate between light and dark, creating colorful paintings with texture paint to be able to feel around the painting.


 * Alessandro Schiattarella is a Switzerland dancer, choreographer, and videographer creating less visible disability. Since the age of fifteen, he was diagnosed with Hirayama disease, in which it is slowly reducing the strength in his hands.

There are many other disabled artists in the past and present that works with their disadvantages to create an impact on society today.

Supports Disability Artists
Places that support disability artists aim to organize and take action for disabled artists to thrive and emerge. While deconstructing the discrimination practices and policies faced by disabled artists, programs and studios work to support and evolve the community of experienced artists. Some places are professional studios where disabled people can work, create, and put on a show. Communities as such are Art Enables, Disability/Arts/NYC (DANT). Other places that supports disabled artists are places like Shape Arts which is a funded arts charity by the Arts Council England, that provides disable individuals the opportunity to work in the arts.