Dwarfism Arts and Advocacy

Dwarfism is a condition that most people know of, yet know very little about. General society, including children, learn about dwarfism through cultural representations of the condition, popular within the media, including films and television shows. However, there are advocates with dwarfism who are using various media platforms, including the internet to challenge these cultural representations and raise awareness. Dwarfism Arts and Advocacy: Creating our own positive identity brings together the voices of people with dwarfism challenging ableist representations of the condition.Disability arts and the media are important tools in challenging problematic stereotypes of disability, as well as giving disabled people a platform for creating their own representations. However, whilst there is growing literature on the subject, there is scarce literature specifically focusing on people with dwarfism in the arts or within advocacy roles. General society, including the disability community, are not fully aware of the push people with dwarfism are trying to make to challenge and change cultural representations of the condition. Erin Pritchard brings together leading academics and practitioners to raise awareness within academia and society through providing a collective voice and contributing new knowledge to Disability Arts.Dwarfism Arts and Advocacy: Creating our own positive identity is ideal reading to academics, researchers, and policy makers with an interest in disability studies.