'Sanitise Your Hands with Rainbows!' Encouraging Self-Representation in Times of Crisis: Inclusive Reflections on COVID-19, Together with Women with Learning Disabilities from East London

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COVID-19; Pandemics; Females; Learning Disabilities; Drama; Diversity; Mass Media; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Reflection; Workshops; Foreign Countries; Inclusion; Social Isolation; Health Behavior; Disease Control

10.1080/13569783.2022.2049223

1356-9783
1470-112X

This article re-contextualises applied drama practice in the wake of COVID-19, with a particular focus on cognitive diversity. From an inclusive perspective, it asks how encouraging self-expression helps to diversify the still often one-dimensional perception of people with learning disabilities in media reports. It thereby continues an on-going argument around empowered representation within disability drama and culture. The article traces arts practice that engaged a group of women with learning disabilities in reflections about the lockdown 2020. The practice section of the article documents three concrete examples from a workshop series with the members of Powerhouse, a group of women with learning disabilities from the East of London.

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2023

EJ1370492