Writing
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Resistance on the plinth: the why of it
Liz Crow on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth. March, 2011.
Webwatch
Liz Crow’s account of the mixed blessing of computers in her life. In Disability Now. December, 2009. (304kb)
Resist the Status Quo
Connecting through a powerful medium: movies. In Success & Ability, India’s cross-disability magazine. October, 2009. (392kb)
A New Approach to Film Accessibility
A practical guide to making film accessible to audiences with sensory impairments. October, 2005. (124kb)
Invisible and Centre Stage
A disabled woman’s perspective on maternity services. Royal College of Midwives Journal. April, 2003. (3.4MB)
Helen Keller: Rethinking the Problematic Icon
The creation of an icon and the truth of Keller’s life. Disability & Society. October, 2000. (108kb)
Catching Buses
Explains to commuters why disabled activists are using radical new tactics to bring public transport to a halt. Bristol Evening Post. 19 April 1999. (64kb)
Making a Reality of My Own
Disabled women as parents. Bigger Than the Sky, Eds. Wates and Jade, Women’s Press. 1999. (64kb)
Including All Our Lives
A critique of how the Social Model has been applied. Encounters With Strangers, Ed. Jenny Morris, Women’s Press. 1996. (280kb)
Day in the Life of Liz
Stuck in a lift, a wheelchair-user muses on everyday life. Mustn’t Grumble, Ed. Lois Keith, Women’s Press. 1994. (88kb)
Disability Arts: The Business
Setting up a disability arts forum. National Disability Arts Forum. 1994. (608kb)
Fate Made Her a Monster…
A photo-love story with a disability twist. Access to Image: Photo Work Book, Valid. 1992. (1.6MB)
On Our Terms: Disabled People’s Arts
Liz Crow re-defined integration for disabled artists. Women’s Art. July, 1992. (108kb)
Disability in Children’s Literature
A transcript of a seminar by the Arts Council Literature Department. 1990. (96kb)
Disability Direct Action – Future Directions
Disabled people’s direct action – practical ideas and questions for discussion. Manchester Coalition of Disabled People. 1990. (156kb)
Photography and Disability
A report on the practice and potential of photography and disability. By Judith Crow, Liz Crow and Andy Ormston. 1990. (548kb)
Cyprus: A Divided Island
A tale from a disabled traveller. Nothing Ventured, Ed. Alison Walsh, Rough Guides. 1990. (120kb)
Raising Two Fingers
Discovering a sense of self as a disabled person. From the exhibition ‘A Sense of Self’. A Sense of Self, Camerawork. 1988. (96kb)
