Performers with disability reflect on the state of access in Australia’s arts

Findlay, a writer, spoken-word performer and “appearance activist”, has recently taken up the new post of inclusion coordinator for the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Her goal for her three-year tenure as inclusion coordinator is to get the proportion of artists with disabilities at Melbourne Fringe to around 20 per cent, which would be similar to the proportion in the general community.

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Topics:
Community, Inclusion and access

Author:
Hannah Reich for The Hub on Stage

Source:
ABC Online

Date published:
Tue 1st May, 2018