{"id":2702,"date":"2025-06-16T11:25:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2025-12-14T11:47:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T16:47:58","slug":"episode-50-episode-special-en-direct-page-de-ressources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/fr\/episode-50-special-live-episode-resource-page\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9pisode 50 : \u00e9pisode sp\u00e9cial en direct - Page de ressources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>To celebrate our 50th episode, ArtsAbly invited 12 past guests for a live online discussion about the power of artists with disabilities in the arts industry: visual arts, theatre, music, etc. Our guests shared tips, good practices, and examples of accessible venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ArtsAbly-Episode-50-Zoom-1024x584.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the conversation during the live episode of the podcast, with guests and attendees.\" class=\"wp-image-2701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ArtsAbly-Episode-50-Zoom-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ArtsAbly-Episode-50-Zoom-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ArtsAbly-Episode-50-Zoom-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ArtsAbly-Episode-50-Zoom-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ArtsAbly-Episode-50-Zoom-1320x752.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ArtsAbly-Episode-50-Zoom.png 1409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-50-artsably-in-live-conversation-with-artists\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/podcast_mic_icon50.png\" alt=\"Icon representing a microphone\" class=\"wp-image-922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/podcast_mic_icon50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/podcast_mic_icon50-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:90%\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-50-artsably-in-live-conversation-with-artists\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-43-artsably-in-conversation-with-mercedes-lysaker\/\">Listen to 50th episode<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-9df7bc08-36bd-439a-bdbc-acf5b66ebb25\">\u00a0This post presents the resources mentioned during the conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guests included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alex Bulmer, Playwright and theatre artist.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emily Schooley, Actor and filmmaker.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kemal Gorey, Media Composer, RAMPD Secretary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malicious Sheep, Multidisciplinary artist.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A. Laura Brody, Curator, Founder of Opulent Mobility.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rory McLeod, Artistic Director of Xenia Concerts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stefan Sunandan Honisch, Musician, Sessional Lecturer, Theatre Studies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew Dell\u2019Antonio, Musicologist, Professor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elizabeth McLain, Musicologist, Assistant Professor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robin Hahn, Soprano, opera singer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deshaymond, Singer, songwriter, producer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heather Feather, Children\u2019s performer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The episode was hosted by Diane Kolin, Musicologist and singer, founder and director of ArtsAbly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find below the links to the episodes and resource pages for each guest, along with other relevant content discussed during the roundtable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Host:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Diane Kolin, Musicologist and singer, founder and director of ArtsAbly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creative Connector and RAMPD Prop member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/our-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about Diane Kolin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Guests:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alex Bulmer, Playwright and theatre artist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Creative Connector member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Bulmer&#8217;s episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-14-artsably-in-conversation-with-alex-bulmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 14<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/interview-resources-provided-by-alex-bulmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alex Bulmer&#8217;s resource page<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Alex Bulmer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Named one of the most influential disabled artists by UK\u2019s Power Magazine, Alex Bulmer has over thirty professional years\u2019 experience across theatre, film, radio and education. She is fuelled by a curiosity of the improbable, dedicated to collaborative practice, and deeply informed by her experience of becoming blind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alexbulmer.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Alex Bulmer\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Being Heumann<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We shared an article on social media a few days ago about this movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BAFTA nominee Ruth Madeley will star as disability rights activist Judy Heumann in Academy Award winner Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s upcoming feature \u201cBeing Heumann\u201d for Apple Original Films. Based on Heumann\u2019s bestselling memoir of the same title, \u201cBeing Heumann\u201d follows the activist as she leads over a hundred disabled people to take over the San Francisco Federal Building, kicking off a 28-day sit-in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/ruth-madeley-judy-heumann-sian-heder-being-heumann-apple-1236413052\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the article about <em>Being Heumann<\/em> on Variety.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emily Schooley, Actor and filmmaker <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Creative Connector member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emily Schooley&#8217;s episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-45-artsably-in-conversation-with-emily-schooley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 45<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/interview-resources-provided-by-emily-schooley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emily Schooley&#8217;s resource page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Emily Schooley<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Emily Schooley is an award-winning multi-dimensional performer, filmmaker, and storyteller. She works primarily across theatre, film, and new media as an actor, voiceover artist, director, writer, and host. While Tkaronto is her current home base, she creates and tours work throughout North America and internationally. To date, Emily\u2019s independent work has screened at festivals across North and South America, UK, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Her 26-minute sapphic short \u201cLife and the Art of Lying\u201d won multiple awards including Best LGBT Short (Toronto Short Film Festival 2018). The film also received recognition from the Swedish institute ValueCine for significantly surpassing gender norms on-screen: with over 90% of total screentime and dialogue going to women. Her most recent short \u201cThe Sweetest Goodbye\u201d \u2013&nbsp; which Emily wrote, produced, directed and stars in \u2013 has received a record seven awards and nominations thus far in its festival run; it was funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, and generously supported by Panavision Toronto, William F. White, and Workman Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For updates on Emily Schooley\u2019s activities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/EmilySchooley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit her Patreon page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Squeaky Wheel: Canada<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on Steven Verdile\u2019s popular web publication The Squeaky Wheel and produced by Hitsby Entertainment in association with AMI TV, <em>The Squeaky Wheel: Canada<\/em> is a satirical, half-hour news format which pokes fun at the ableist society people with disabilities face every day. Directed by Lucy Belgum and Tobi Abdul, the series stars Graham Kent and Gaitrie Persaud as lead anchors Grant Gew\u00fcrztraminer and Arianna Salara. The ensemble cast of Margaret Rose, Samantha Wyss, Sivert Das, Wesley Magee-Saxton and Yousef Kadoura are on the scene, ready to take on absurd situations and characters, including flipping the script and embodying obnoxious able-bodied\/neurotypical personalities. It was just nominated for two Canadian screen awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The episode on which Emily Schooley worked is called \u201cAre We Filming This?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amiplus.ca\/TSWC\/are-we-filming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the episode on AMI TV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kemal Gorey, Media Composer, RAMPD Secretary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>RAMPD Prop member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kemal Gorey&#8217;s episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-37-artsably-in-conversation-with-kemal-gorey\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-37-artsably-in-conversation-with-kemal-gorey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 37<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/interview-resources-provided-by-kemal-gorey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kemal Gorey&#8217;s resource page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Kemal Gorey<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Kemal Gorey is a professional composer, mainly working for the media industry; making arrangements and orchestrations for songwriters and producers. He also does orchestral mock-ups for fellow composers. His passion is to tell stories with music. Composing and designing tracks that serve motion picture in a perfect manner is his humble obsession. Since his childhood, music has been his trusted guide to fully internalize films, TV series, and video games. Music has always come to his rescue, when it was hard to catch a slight gesture of a character due to his specific visual impairment. He has always believed in the unique role of scoring in a picture, and how important it is to elevate the story for the audience. He is a proud member of the Able Artist Foundation (AAF) based in the United States. AAF works to support composers with disabilities from all around the world, and advocates for them in music and entertainment industries. He is also the secretary of RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kemalgorey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Kemal Gorey\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Malicious Sheep, Multidisciplinary artist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Creative Connector member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malicious Sheep&#8217;s episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-9-artsably-in-conversation-with-malicious-sheep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/interview-resources-provided-by-malicious-sheep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Malicious Sheep&#8217;s resource page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Malicious Sheep<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Malicious Sheep is a disabled and queer multidisciplinary artist, photographer and vocalist from rural Ontario, Canada. The artist is self-taught in many mediums including, but not limited to drawing, painting, sculpture, fibre, mixed media, performance, assemblage of found objects, digital and time-based art. Malicious Sheep has developed motor and mobility issues in recent years and had transitioned primarily to photography, digital and vocals as these are the most accessible mediums the artist can use at this time. The artist\u2019s mobility issues necessitates the repeated examination and photographic documentation of wildlife within a half-acre property over time. Themes of study include; growth and decay, isolation, worth, as well as textures, patterns and cycles in nature relevant to biomimetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/malicioussheep.portfoliobox.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Malicious Sheep\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teia Community<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Malicious Sheep is part of the Teia community, an open-source, experimental dApp developed and maintained by the Teia Community and powered by the Tezos blockchain. The community is @TeiaCommunity on on X (former Twitter). They have a blog and a website. On the website, with each refresh, a new logo designed by a community artist appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.teia.art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit the Teia community blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A. Laura Brody, Artist, curator, founder of Opulent Mobility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Creative Connector member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. Laura Brody&#8217;s episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-13-artsably-in-conversation-with-a-laura-brody\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 13<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/interview-resources-provided-by-laura-brody\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A. Laura Brody&#8217;s resource page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About A. Laura Brody<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A. Laura Brody turns wheelchairs, walkers, and mobility scooters into works of art, and takes reclaimed materials and gives them new lives. She teaches pattern manipulation, draping, alterations, and wearable art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamsbymachine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Laura Brody\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opulent Mobility<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Opulent Mobility is an international annual exhibit that asks artists to re-imagine disability as opulent and powerful. It imagines a world where disability is celebrated instead of denied, ignored, and feared. These exhibits are curated by founder A. Laura Brody and disability arts activist and photographer Anthony Tusler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opulentmobility.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Opulent Mobility\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rory McLeod, Artistic Director of Xenia Concerts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Rory McLeod&#8217;s episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-4-artsably-in-conversation-with-rory-mcleod-from-xenia-concerts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/interview-resources-provided-by-rory-mcleod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rory McLeod&#8217;s resource page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Xenia Concerts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Having initially launched in 2014 as a pilot project to create autism-friendly concert experiences, Xenia Concerts is now a leading resource for accessible concert design and production across Canada. Working directly with neurodivergent, Deaf, and disabled artists and community members, Xenia Concerts presents over 30 Adaptive Concerts per year, develops innovative concert designs, and delivers accessibility training to artists, arts workers, and fellow music presenters with the goal of building a more inclusive future in the performing arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xeniaconcerts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Xenia Concert\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessing the Arts: Accounting for Neurodiversity and Disability in Performing Arts Feedback Methods<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We shared an article on social media a few days ago about this study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xenia Concerts, in partnership with the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing (CERC-HECW), is excited to announce the publication of their groundbreaking study, \u201cAccessing the Arts: Accounting for Neurodiversity and Disability in Performing Arts Feedback Methods.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1empLuFdql3D77UrRLYx0ANPpx3VzXRaM\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the study<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stefan Sunandan Honisch, Musicologist, Sessional Lecturer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Stefan Sunandan Honisch&#8217;s episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-5-artsably-in-conversation-with-dr-stefan-sunandan-honisch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/interview-resources-provided-by-dr-stefan-sunandan-honisch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stefan Sunandan Honisch&#8217;s resource page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Stefan Sunandan Honisch<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Stefan Sunandan Honisch is a Sessional Instructor in the Department of Theatre and Film, at the University of British Columbia, having previously held a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow within the department for a project on the musical life of Helen Keller (1880-1968). He is a Scholar-in-Residence, St. John&#8217;s College, University of British Columbia. His research interests are at the intersection of Critical Disability Studies, Music, and Critical Pedagogy. His first monograph project <em>Vulnerable Virtuosities: Disability in Concert and Competition <\/em>(under contract with University of Michigan Press) uses a Disability Justice framework to explore how blind virtuoso pianists radically challenge stubborn dualisms of musical strength and weakness, demonstrating that vulnerable manifestations of disabled embodiment intensify the aesthetic and expressive power of musical virtuosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theatrefilm.ubc.ca\/profile\/stefan-honisch-banting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Dr. Stefan Sunandan Honish\u2019s academic page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Academic Ableism<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Stefan (and later Elizabeth) quoted Jay Timothy Dolmage\u2019s book, <em>Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Academic Ableism<\/em> brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability is composed in and by higher education, and rewrites the spaces, times, and economies of disability in higher education to place disability front and center. For too long, argues Jay Timothy Dolmage, disability has been constructed as the antithesis of higher education, often positioned as a distraction, a drain, a problem to be solved. The ethic of higher education encourages students and teachers alike to accentuate ability, valorize perfection, and stigmatize anything that hints at intellectual, mental, or physical weakness, even as we gesture toward the value of diversity and innovation. Examining everything from campus accommodation processes, to architecture, to popular films about college life, Dolmage argues that disability is central to higher education, and that building more inclusive schools allows better education for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/press.umich.edu\/Books\/A\/Academic-Ableism2\">Learn more about Dolmage\u2019s book<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andrew Dell\u2019Antonio, Musicologist, Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew Dell\u2019Antonio&#8217;s episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-18-artsably-in-conversation-with-andrew-dellantonio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 18<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/interview-resources-provided-by-andrew-dellantonio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew Dell\u2019Antonio&#8217;s resource page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Andrew Dell\u2019Antonio<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew Dell\u2019Antonio specializes in musical repertories of early modern Europe, with a focus on seventeenth-century Italy. His research interests include musical historiography, reception history, and disability studies. Partly spurred by his personal experience of neurodivergence, he has recently turned his focus to Universal Design for Learning and related critical approaches to anti-racism, anti-ableism, and intersectional equity \/ inclusion in higher education music pedagogy. The academic page also includes a video presentation with closed captions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/music.utexas.edu\/about\/people\/andrew-dellantonio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Andrew Dell\u2019Antonio\u2019s academic page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adellantonio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Andrew Dell\u2019Antonio\u2019s personal website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elizabeth McLain, Musicologist, Assistant Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>RAMPD Prop member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth McLain&#8217;s episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-35-artsably-in-conversation-with-elizabeth-mclain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 35<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/interview-resources-provided-by-elizabeth-mclain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elizabeth McLain&#8217;s resource page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Elizabeth McLain<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth McLain is Assistant Professor of Musicology and Director of Disability Studies at Virginia Tech. She completed her Ph.D. and M.A. in Musicology at the University of Michigan. A proud Hokie, McLain earned a B.A. in Music and a B.A. in History at Virginia Tech. As a transdisciplinary scholar, McLain has two research areas. Her work on music and spirituality since 1870 confronts assumptions about secularization by deciphering the spiritual and religious references in modernist and postmodernist musical compositions. Devout, skeptical, mystical, or manipulative, a composer\u2019s spiritual journey remains relevant to understanding their works. Her doctoral dissertation was supported by a Lurcy Fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sopa.vt.edu\/faculty_staff\/music-faculty\/music-theory-musicology-faculty\/elizabeth-mcLain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Elizabeth McLain\u2019s academic page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open the Gates Gaming<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Open the Gates Gaming &nbsp;is a research collective at Virginia Tech that focuses on inclusion and access broadly construed in tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs). Play is a human right, and Open the Gates Gaming (OtG) empowers everyone to tell their stories through the medium of TTRPGs. They develop open-access tools so everyone can play together without altering the rules of the game, adding flexibility to make systems like Dungeons &amp; Dragons 5th edition more accessible. The adventures they write represent creative arts-based research on opera that does not merely witness or reenact one author\u2019s story, but instead allows players to inhabit the operas, wrestle with exclusionary narratives, and craft their own hero\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openthegatesgaming.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about Open the Gates Gaming<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dom Evans<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth mentioned the work of Dom Evans, a director\/writer, activist, Twitch streamer, and consultant with a BFA in Film. He fights for inclusion in media, marriage equality, gaming, and reproductive rights. Dom founded #FilmDis, to better understand Disability in media. He works in Hollywood to make the industry more inclusive to disabled people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.domevansofficial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Dom Evans\u2019 website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robin Hahn, Soprano, opera singer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Robin Hahn&#8217;s episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-8-artsably-in-conversation-with-robin-hahn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/interview-resources-provided-by-robin-hahn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robin Hahn&#8217;s resource page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Robin Hahn<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Robin Hahn is an operatic lyric soprano, disability advocate, and queer artist, working to uncover the hidden disabled and LBGTQ+ histories, tales, pathways, and communities in opera and the arts. She is also a vocal coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/robinhahnsopran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Robin Hahn\u2019s Linktree page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opera Mariposa<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Opera Mariposa is a critically-acclaimed company working to make opera more accessible. As Canada\u2019s first entirely, openly disability-led and run opera company, they are dedicated to creating inclusive opportunities for emerging and underrepresented artists, and have been recognized as \u201c[one of] Canada\u2019s key indie players\u201d (Opera Canada Magazine). Since their launch in 2012, past mainstage productions have been hailed as \u201cwell-honed\u201d (Opera Canada), \u201cdelightful\u201d (Review Vancouver) and \u201ca stroke of genius\u201d (The Voice), while their present digital offerings have reached audiences around the globe, and their annual Benefit + Awareness events have raised over $128,000 for a variety of charities and healthcare programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robin Hahn is the co-founder and Associate Director of Artistic Planning of Opera Mariposa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/operamariposa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Opera Mariposa\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kello Inclusive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Kello Inclusive is a talent agency exclusively representing disabled and visibly different talent; because the beauty of disabilities, diversities, and differences deserves to be represented fairly and fully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kelloinclusive.com\/\">Visit Kello Inclusive\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deshaymond, Singer, songwriter, producer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>RAMPD Prop member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deshaymond&#8217;s episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-24-artsably-in-conversation-with-deshaymond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 24<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/interview-resources-provided-by-deshaymond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deshaymond&#8217;s resource page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Deshaymond<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Deshaymond is a singer-songwriter and producer living in Atlanta. In 2015, the Louisiana native lost his sight to Optic Atrophy. He was then working as a software trainer at one of the world\u2019s leading cloud based HRIS companies. After becoming blind, Deshaymond was told by several people close to him he could never achieve his dreams or realize the life he had been working towards. The blind music artist has made it his life\u2019s mission to realize every single one of his life\u2019s dreams. With a career spanning over two decades in the corporate world, Deshaymond possesses the business experience necessary to run his company, Deshaymond Media LLC. Deshaymond has released several singles and released his debut album in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deshaymond.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Deshaymond\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heather Feather, Children&#8217;s performer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>RAMPD Prop member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather Feather&#8217;s episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/episode-46-artsably-in-conversation-with-heather-feather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 46<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/interview-resources-provided-by-heather-feather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heather Feather&#8217;s resource page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Heather Feather<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather Feather\u2019s toe-tapping music and sunny, energetic personality will have the whole family singing and dancing along. Her songs are not only joyful and fun, but also encourage physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development in children of all ages. Her award-winning 2022 album, Songs for Growing, is filled with \u201cdelightful songs and potent melodies all topped off with a lavish production. The vocals are sublime, as are the lyrics which dramatize the music superbly.\u201d (Dez Staunton, Electric Kids Music), while CBC\u2019s Sonali Karnick noted that her song, \u201cappeal to kid\u2019s intelligence.\u201d Songs for Growing was awarded two Artist Development Grants from FACTOR and helped launch her career as a full-time performing artist and a highly sought-after Teaching Artist in preschools, schools, and community groups. With Songs for Growing, Heather was nominated for the 2023 and 2025 East Coast Music Awards Children\u2019s Entertainer of the Year, 2023 Music NL Jazz Album of the Year, and she won two awards in the Funky Kids Radio Awards in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weejam.ca\/heather-feather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Heather Feather\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Communities:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RAMPD<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsably.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rampd_logo_50x50-black.png\" alt=\"RAMPD logo, a yellow music note and a black text saying RAMPD on a transparent background.\" class=\"wp-image-2705\" 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