by Elizabeth Sweeney
Posted July 18, 2012
The Roadside Memorial (Study), 2009 Montreal, Choreography by Marie-Hélène Bellavance, Dancers depicted are Marie-Hélène Bellavance and Simon-Xavier Lefebvre, Photo: Caroline Hayeur
It’s a tiny, slightly blurry, pixilated video. You can barely make out Catherine Frazee, a Canadian disability arts guru, or
the Sign Language interpreter in the bottom right-hand corner.
The video is of Frazee’s speech “Contributing to Culture,” given in 2005 during the UN International Day of Disabled Persons.
Catherine spoke eloquently about the significance of the cultural and artistic contributions of people with disabilities.
Canadians with disabilities aren’t “just looking for a few wheelchair spots in the audience,” she explained, they want
“We Want Access With a Big ‘A’.” full article