From exploring my project further, I have developed a polished project that still has the possibility to be expanded in the future. I have submitted a portfolio which sophistically explores the lives of disabled people, including myself and effectively challenges public perceptions of disability. The final statement is shown below.
Disability is a social construct that renders the position of the disabled person as lesser than that of an able-bodied person. This requires change; to induce change, we need understanding.
The majority of experiences of disability or life limiting conditions are ignored by the wider community; whether this is because the conditions are largely invisible or whether wider society has chosen to not consider certain conditions as worthy of regard. As a result, sections of the disabled community experience discrimination, ranging from subtle to the outright aggressive. Being disabled includes a horizon of having to explain, declare and justify your otherness and need for consideration.
This work portrays some of the societal complexity of the lived experience of invisible disability.
