Disability art

[12] In the subsequent years as people adapted to the protection of legislation a new wave of politics entered in the disability arts movement.

This is most notably the line taken by NDACA,[14] which is predominantly made up of members who were key to the development of the disability arts movement.

[16] The development of disability arts in the US is also tied to several non-profit organizations such as Creative Growth in Oakland, CA, that serves adult artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities, providing a professional studio environment for artistic development, gallery exhibition and representation and a social atmosphere among peers.

[17] Organizations with similar mandates in the Bay Area include Creativity Explored in San Francisco, and NIAD Art Center in Richmond, California.

Currently, the leading scholars in disability arts in the US include Michael Davidson, Lennard Davis, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Ann Fox, Jessica Cooley, Joseph Grigely, Georgina Kleege, Petra Kuppers, Simi Linton, Ann Millett-Gallant, Amanda Cachia, David.

From the local to the international, "bodies of work" explores innovative forms of artistic expression, derived from unique bodies and minds, that explore the disability experience, advance the rights of disabled people, and widen society's understanding of what it means to be human.

Katherine Ott is a curator at the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution who has curated a number of exhibits on the history of the body, disability, ethnic and folk medicine, integrative and alternative medicine, ophthalmology, plastic surgery and dermatology, medical technology, prosthetics and rehabilitation, sexuality, visual and material culture and other ephemera.

[23] Non-profit, government-funded organizations dedicated to providing resources and support towards activities in disability art exist in Canada.

[24] These organizations work to increase opportunities and access for people with disability as artists, arts-workers, participants and audiences.

They offer services to their members, such as representation and advocacy, facilitation and development, information and advice, grants and more.

Many of these organizations use the Social model of disability, thus they use the term 'disability' to refer to barriers, rather than medical conditions or impairments.

Today, these facilities operate under health and well-being policy frameworks that address inclusion and access goals.