#36 DISABILITY

Cover image against a blue-purple starry background. The cover is a digital illustration in a magical realism style. The background is a dark navy sky, with pinpricks of stars scattered throughout. In the foreground stands a character wearing flowing robes in shades of golden yellow and orange. They have a slight defiant smile on their face as they stand holding an orange staff with vines wrapped around it, light swirling up from their other palm. Close behind them, a yellow dragon is looking out and smiling, its tail cascading down and wrapping around the character’s feet. Yellow light swirls around them both. There’s a feeling of power and mystery.

 

Dream with us of accessible futures and inclusive cultures—#36: DISABILITY invites you to revel and rebel.

Cover artist Ali Marbeck shows us the enchantment of sidekicks, while Sean West launches an underwater odyssey of limbs and ligaments. Shaine Melrose traverses the landscape of the chronically ill body, and Andy Jackson perches on the balance of ‘remembrance and foreboding’. Ferment on the ward with Damien Becker. Join Linda Ogonowski as she takes on the cult of KPIs; bear witness as Bridie Noonan attempts to placate pain. Delight in the dark humour of J.Marahuyo’s work, and celebrate hard-won freedoms with Faye Harnest.