Disability campaigners warn of UK’s progress unravelling in the arts

Lockdown has magnified inequality, say activists, just as change seemed to be arriving

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Progress made in the representation and inclusion of disabled artists and audiences is in danger of unravelling because of the pandemic, campaigners have warned.

A new alliance of disabled people and groups working in the UK’s cultural industries, #WeShallNotBeRemoved, has been established to make sure disabled voices are heard as the nation’s devastated arts sector attempts to rebuild after the lockdown.

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