A person can be smiling, a person can be chit chatty, but we don't know what they struggled with to even get there to that point," Page said. "We cannot possibly know what's going on for a person behind their face. Therapist Konjit Page, PhD, with Oakland-based Deeper Than Color, said able-bodied people should lead with empathy and forego assumptions to create a more welcoming world for folks with disabilities. "It's a lot harder to see when people are living in a world that doesn't appreciate and honor their neurodivergencies." "It's easy to see when someone's got something physical on the outside and people still judge them for it, or consider them different," Shelton said. "I kind of let the painting take on a bit of a life of its own," said Ungerer, a disabled artist from the East Bay.īehind each stroke of Ungerer's paintbrush is both power and pain. Inside of the Werkshack in Uptown Oakland, artist Rachel Ungerer starts a new painting. A couple of artists from the Bay Area are shining a spotlight on invisible disabilities in a digital art show.
July is Disability Pride month and we've been celebrating all month long on ABC7 News, highlighting the joys and challenges of the disability community. (KGO) - The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law 32 years ago, prohibiting discrimination and paving the way for people with disabilities to have the same opportunities as everyone else. Artists from the Bay Area are highlighting the joys and challenges of living with invisible disabilities in a digital show called "Diversibility."
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