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A year in Skin Stories: 2019

January 6, 2020
by Point of View Team
A person with long black hair sits up in bed, under a blanket, in a bedroom, reading a book.
A graphic representation of a person conjoined to a skull sporting flowers. The skull speaks to the person through a speed bubble that reads, 'Knew who I was this morning. But I’ve changed a few times since then.' The two figures are conjoined at the bottom to wheels. Text on the left of the panel reads, 'At what point did you realize you are abled?'

Through the Looking Glass: Questioning Dis/Ability

What if those who claim to be Abled had to respond to biases that the Disabled norm creates towards them?

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A person is sitting on a chair and reading a book. Another person is standing behind them holding papers. To their left, a person facing a window is opening the blinds.

Even under India’s new mental healthcare act, institutionalisation is still a problem

No one I spoke with wanted to ever be admitted to an institution again. All reported feeling lack of control and information regarding how long...

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Light purple background. Two women are standing holding hands. Behind them is a wall with many framed pictures.

Still healing: A daughter’s view of domestic violence that I survived with my mother

Sometimes, I still think about it – if addiction wasn’t surrounded by stigma, if therapy was something everyone could access without judgment...

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An illustration of two people seated across a table in a room. One of them is signing to the other in a conversation over a cup of tea.

Nothing to ‘fix’: Sign Language and Deaf Culture in Delhi

A fully formed linguistic culture exists around sign language and the idea that deaf people need to be “fixed” by making them hear is ableist...

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Three persons performing to an audience. The person on the left is holding crutches. Text above the door on the top-right of the image reads "Comedy Night".

‘I’m blind. So is love. Get over it!’ Disability and stand-up comedy in India

Audiences are used to looking at certain types of bodies on stage – primarily young, abled male comedians. So when they see a person with a...

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Comic: Living with Social Anxiety

Social anxiety is difficult to live with, mostly because it fills your mind with thoughts of self doubt.

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Against a pair of large open palms, a small child and a person with long hair face away from each other.

Dear ex-therapist, when I say one thing, I don’t mean my mother

I cannot count the number of times we repeated the patterns: ‘Who does this insecurity belong to?’ ‘My mother’; ‘Who does this fear belong to?’...

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A number of people (each wearing a device or prosthetic) stand together against the background of a futuristic city.

Stumped: the possibilities and pitfalls of a cyborg world

Of all, disabled cyborgs are the most beloved and the most dangerous. 

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Three people raise their fists in protest, against a background which is a collage of newspaper headlines.

From speeches to implementation, Indian politics is discriminatory to people with disabilities

Disability and mental health are rarely the linchpins of political conversations, with work on accessibility and inclusion sparse at best.

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Made with Love by 13 Llama Interactive for Point of View