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Laura Flanders & Friends - Disability Justice: Alice Sheppard & Jess Thom

Laura Flanders interviews two performance artists whose work illustrates how difference and neurodiversity make art and society richer and more interesting. Alice Sheppard is a wheelchair dancer and esteemed choreographer, and Jess Thom is a performer and comedian with Tourettes. In this episode, they question the role of art in society and our attitudes towards disability and what is normal.

Series Website: https://www.lauraflanders.org

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