Rebekah's story
When I was a child, I dreamt of exploring far away lands, of digging up dinosaurs and ancient greek pottery, exploring temples, and...
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This is our story.
From stories of lived experience, to essays by curators, researchers, artists and chronically ill individuals, this section gathers raw, radical and moving stories and essays that have at their core the belief that invisible illnesses and disabilities deserve better representation, in the museum, but also in everyday life.
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- Apr 26, 2022
On the Courtauld Gallery selling souvenirs making light of Van Gogh's mental illness
The aim of a gallery is to display the life and the work of an artist by showing to the public that every and each one of us should be...
- Apr 25, 2022
When life as you knew it is turned upside down…
For as long as I can remember, there has always been something wrong within my body, or something making me uncomfortable, whether it was...
- Mar 15, 2022
It's also about your shops.
Today, I want to make you think about museums, about access and inclusion, and about whether the two can ever work together. Can a museum...
- Dec 27, 2021
Looking through art
The 21st century has brought about many new and exciting changes in the realm of science, technology, health, and everyday life...
- Dec 5, 2021
In the Forest
In this article, Erin Becker-Boris recounts her own story of Lyme disease, and how it is linked to her experience of higher education.
- Mar 15, 2021
Let's change Endometriosis narrative
In this blog, Ilenia Atzori shares her story with endometriosis and emphasizes that the narrative about endometriosis being a women's matte
- Oct 16, 2020
From History to Hidden - The Asylum under the surface of Leicester University
When I began my studies at the University of Leicester, I knew nothing of the campus’s history in disability persecution. And I can’t really
- Oct 12, 2020
Unethical Recruitment of Disabled Men During the Vietnam War
From the 1st of October 1966, the United States of America started the recruitment of men for the military who had previously been...
- Aug 15, 2020
Status Migrainosus
Words and artwork by Artist in Residence, Caitlin Smits.
- Aug 3, 2020
The Hidden Disability of The First World War
The First World War left both physical and psychological scars on the soldiers who survived service with their lives. Those who had...
- Jul 10, 2020
Are You There?
A mild disease, a form of discomfort, something recurrent or permanent which bothers you. What is a disability? What is chronic disease?...
- Jun 25, 2020
Standing Alone
This blog was originally written for Diversability. You can read the original post here. I quit my job. I thought about quitting my BA...
- Jun 25, 2020
Making the Invisible Visible – Invisible Illnesses and Disabilities in Medical Collections
How do medical collections address the stories of those whose medical conditions cannot be physically represented? How can we represent invi
- May 14, 2020
My Lyme Story #2
My childhood was filled with the outdoors, sports, friends and playing outside (in tall grass sometimes) until the sun went down. I have...
- May 14, 2020
My Lyme Story #1
No one believes that their life will end, until one day they simply warn you. For me, it all started one day in October, when I started...
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