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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.
Season 3 Episode 309 Length 26:46 Premiere: 04/04/26

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