The body and mind are inseparable.

They are root of how we perceive everything. This isn’t a surprise—our bodies house the eyes that see (or don’t), the hands that touch, the skin that shivers with goosebumps. Our bodies, our flesh, is central to experience—the interface between our consciousness and the world.
For people with a disability (PWD), this centrality is particularly apparent. It is a borderland of friction. For PWD, the movement of the body against the world can often feel like an arthritic joint, a synovial space filled with gravel.

The symbiotic relationship between the world and the body means that you can’t understand one without the other. To better understand the world—how it is, and how we want it to be—we need to catalogue the diversities of human experience.

We need to listen to PWD. Now. Because they will help create a better world, and because they have bloody good stories to tell.

About 10 people will be invited to share their work in a hybrid event happening Sunday 30 November online and in-person at Bernie’s Bar in the lead-up to International Day of Disability.