Janet is a feminist disabled campaigner who advocates queer crip politics. She works on issues of sexuality, disability and social justice largely in UK and India. Janet is strongly committed to the arts and their role in advancing marginalised people’s agency.
Why do you like being a Board Member for DaDaFest?
“The creative contact with other disabled people. The sense that DaDaFest offers a space for disabled people to expand their perspectives on themselves and their artistic potential, and also that DaDaFest challenges non-disabled peoples perspectives on disability.”
What are your hopes for the future of Disability and Deaf Arts?
“That DaDaFest continues to expand the work it does geographically to link up with more individuals and groups nationally and internationally; and that more disabled young people are offered the opportunity to develop artistic skills and talents and to work in the arts.”