H!ability

Abstract

MISSION: The mission is to increase the quality of life of people with disability (PWD) and neurodivergent people through inclusion, spreading awareness of the community, and by promoting and nurturing artistic expression while embracing culturalheritage. H! Ability will create a festival to inspire communication and collaborationbetween disabled and neurodivergent people in a safe space. The aim is to curatea space in which artists promote their work, express themselves freely, and buildchannels of communication while highlighting their respective local cultures. VISION: H! Ability envisions a world where people are not stigmatized or othered on thebasis of disability, neurology, or how they may view and interact with the world,and can whole-heartedly embrace themselves and others as individual humansthat are worthy of love and respect. VALUES: H! Ability values freedom of expression, acceptance, unity, equality of access, anda deep connection to cultural heritage within and outside of the disabled andneurodivergent ties.