accessibility – Exploration of Life as a Neurodiverse Creative

Project – Hidden

The visual explorations and past encounters with brick walls. The social model of disability states that our environments disable us by not being accessible. New catchphrase… Remember- It takes more than a ramp to make a place ‘accessible’

Conversation with Myself

Every day there is such an influx of internal dialogue that creates the peaks and troughs in which my emotional state varies. Small victories become unfathomable questions of meaning and lows explore the rationality of existence. Purpose must come into it, so I tell myself that I am good enough, then I castigate the prideContinue reading “Conversation with Myself”

Contextualising my Creative Practice (Prologue)

Where I fit in has always been a question without any answers and it’s something that has presented as a need to seek role models, or inspirers to give some, if not all, of my work context. From the early days of looking at others, mostly in films and television programmes, I sought to findContinue reading “Contextualising my Creative Practice (Prologue)”

Creative Connections and Conundrums

‘You are all over the place Jill’ I say to myself frustratingly. My ideas on what to write include so many facets which in turn create more and more connections to explore. Sorry, not Sorry. So, I NEED my creative self to speak my words that no one has heard. Otherwise I am unable toContinue reading “Creative Connections and Conundrums”

The Autistic Pov

If you’re shut awayAre you hiding or captive?If there are unknown questionsTo demanded answersAre you silent or silenced? The navigation is that whichMust be made, without compass or sign.To not make the journey seems the easier pathAnd the walls can be built.But… If you’re shut awayAre you hiding or captive?If there are unknown questionsTo demandedContinue reading “The Autistic Pov”

Neurodiversity and accessibility in creative practice.

When researching neurodiversity and art, the subject of access to funding came up for me. The application for funding documents a process that is often very challenging for the neurodiverse creative. Laura Dobbs, in her blog https://rachel.we-are-low-profile.com/blog/ July 2016) talks about how she has often helped neurodiverse artists navigate the funding portal Grantium for theContinue reading “Neurodiversity and accessibility in creative practice.”