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Disability Culture in Art

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It was amazing to see how the disability community has worked their way into arts (especially visual arts). When society expects these people to move a certain way, I expect that it would have been an extremely difficult process to integrate themelves in what they truly call art. I definitely agreed with Kupper's statement that disability culture is a process because it relies on the experience. "To me, disability culture is not a thing, but a process." "I used 'culture' here more like a verb than a noun, more like a process than a state, more like a form of attention than a fixing container. " Kupper really was able to connect with disability culture through her 'dancerly experience' and in writing the book. 

I know that his doesn't entirely have to the artsy set of entertainment, but I thought it was interesting.
I watchced this video on facebook, but it was an interview with the couple from "The Little Couple". Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx7jN0vTvVk 
One of my classmates from high school wrote: "This struck a cord with me, I discovered early on in the idea of knowing what it is I want to do, entertainment is the largest industry for littlepeople, I swore to myself I would not be in entertainment I would work hard and be something useful to the world. I never thought it would be so difficult to avoid being in entertainment as a last resort. Even the very few interviews I have given, it seems they find out my limitations and don't hire me, people think I am less capable of things than I am, I can do most things others can, but I have to get creative and work hard."