@breehadley.bsky.social
Professor in Drama, School of Creative Arts, QUT. Advocating for our right to lead the narratives, media, policy, and research that impacts our lives. She/Her. https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/bree.hadley
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and Safety as Drivers of Attitudes and Approaches, Bree Hadley (2025), International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
This does not stop each of us recognising the work Disabled folx around us do daily to engage with worlds not built for us – and, today, on #IDPwD, ask what we can do to be allies.
An article that may help - Six Spectrums of Allyship: A Tool to Reflect on Labour, Capital, Community, Power,
We hoped to follow this example, making and holding space to support the practice and pride of future generations of d/Deaf, Disabled, and Neurodivergent artists.
Our community laments that #IDPwD is often ignored by mainstream organisations.
We thanked our peers for dealing with discriminatory systems and institutions, lack of accessible training, presentation, and exhibition opportunities, and lack of understanding of our crip time, space, and methods, to create the platforms that support our success today.
In creating this website, we wanted to include an acknowledgement of the Disability Community.
We recognised the labour, advocacy, and artistry of the artists and allies who have worked for more than 50 years to make the arts, media, and cultural industries more accessible.
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contributions from Van Badham, Christopher Bryant, Ryan Enniss, Oliver Hetherington-Page, Daniel R Nixon, Robert Reid, Oliver Ross, Marissa Saroca, Sophie Smyth, Rhen Soggee, Michael Theo, Axle Whitehead.
New book by Robert Lewis and Dan Graham, 'Authentic Voices: Australian Perspective on Neurodiversity in the Performing Arts'
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Website chronicles five decades of Disability Arts in Australia
www.qut.edu.au/news?id=202110
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[ALT – Website titled DAHA Disability Arts History Australia. There is a blue banner with white text on the top right. The text says the website documents the transformative impact of artists, organisations, and allies working in Disability Arts in Australia from the 1970s to the present.
- Learn more about the launch of the website on the Creative Australia website creative.gov.au/research/dis...
-Find out more about the project, and key insights from the project, on the website here
-For media inquiries, interviews, or information, contact Bree Hadley, bree.hadley@qut.edu.au
We have launched the Disability Arts History Australia website!
-Visit the Disability Arts History Australia website at: disabilityartshistoryaustralia.net
-Visit the Padlet to create a post with information for the Timeline about a person, event, and/or organisation padlet.com/bree_hadley/...
The image is a colour image of Restless Dance Company APAM Information Pack 2007.
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We launch the Disability Arts History Australia website tomorrow, on 15 October 2025.
Visit the Creative Australia website to Register for the launch event at 12pm-1pm AEDT 15 October 2025 via Zoom here tinyurl.com/45wshjeu
The attached is some of the history the archive seeks to showcase.
ARTS PROJECT AUSTRALIA
is pleased to invite you to view works from the 1985 program for moderately to severely intellectually disabled artists at
St Martins Theatre Gallery
St Martins Lane, South Yarra
March 18–24, 1986
Opening 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
The image is a black and white photocopied image the Exhibition Notice – Arts Project Australia – Works for the 1985 Program for moderately to severely intellectually disabled artists.
The text reads –
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2 days til we launch the Disability Arts History Australia website, on 15 October 2025.
Visit the Creative Australia website to Register for the launch event at 12pm-1pm AEDT 15 October 2025 via Zoom here tinyurl.com/45wshjeu
The attached is some of the history the archive seeks to showcase.
The image is a black and white photocopied image of the Accessible Arts (NSW) 2000 Membership Form.
The text in the image is available here
www.linkedin.com/posts/bree-h...
#DisabilityArts #Disability #DisabilityInclusion #access
6 days til we launch the Disability Arts History Australia website, on 15 October 2025.
Visit the Creative Australia website to Register for the launch event at 12pm-1pm AEDT 15 October 2025 via Zoom here lnkd.in/gC4tfwhq
The attached image is some of the history the archive seeks to showcase.
#DisabilityArts #Disability #DisabilityInclusion #access
The attached image is a look at some of the history the digital archive seeks to showcase.
The image is a black and white photocopied magazine article, on the TV series House Gang, from Accessible Arts (NSW) Arts and Creative Expression (ACE) Magazine, in 1993.
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6 days til we launch the Disability Arts History Australia website, on 15 October 2025.
Visit the Creative Australia website to Register for the launch event at 12pm-1pm AEDT 15 October 2025 via Zoom here lnkd.in/gC4tfwhq
The attached image is a look at some of the history the digital archive seeks to showcase.
It is an image of a black and white report, the Accessible Arts (NSW) Createability Conference Report, 1989.
The text on the first three pages of the report is here
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6 days til we launch the Disability Arts History Australia website, on 15 October 2025.
Visit the Creative Australia website to Register for the launch event at 12pm-1pm AEDT 15 October 2025 via Zoom here lnkd.in/gC4tfwhq
The attached image is some of the history the digital archive seeks to showcase.
It is a black and white photocopied poster, promoting Five Flights to Freedom by NSW Theatre of The Deaf (later Australian Theatre of the Deaf) 1978.
The plain text is available here www.linkedin.com/posts/bree-h...
Visit the Creative Australia website to Register for the launch event at 12pm-1pm AEDT 15 October 2025 via Zoom here tinyurl.com/45wshjeu
The attached image some of the history the digital archive seeks to showcase.
It is a black and white image of the first page of the Australian Theatre of the Deaf report on Plans for 1990, and Productions 1979-1990.
The plain text is available here
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7 days til we launch the Disability Arts History Australia website, on 15 October 2025.
Visit the Creative Australia website to Register for the launch event at 12pm-1pm AEDT 15 October 2025 via Zoom here tinyurl.com/45wshjeu
#DisabilityArts #Disability #DisabilityInclusion #access