Rachel Buxton

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Disability Talks

Disability Talks explores the position of the disabled person in society, which is currently less than that of able-bodied people. This is something that requires change. In order to inflict change, we need understanding. Disability is an issue that affects around 11 million people in the UK. The majority of those with a disability or life limiting condition are unseen to the wider community; whether this is because the conditions are largely invisible or whether wider society has chosen to ignore it for numerous reasons. Invisible disability is something that we cannot see. Therefore society needs to change the way they view and perceive disability, in order to decrease discrimination. This project explores how we perceive invisible illness and disability, showing the people on the receiving end of the discriminatory glances and documenting their story.