If we get blindfolded, do we really experience blindness? And how do we even begin to understand mental disabilities?
This workshop moves away from simple simulations and toward Access Intimacy—the deep human connection when someone truly understands one's access needs. Four speakers holding diverse body and mind conditions will share their lived experiences to look past the usual stereotypes.
This is not just a typical living library; it is an open space where participants are warmly invited to share their own stories. Together, we will look at real-life scenarios and use creative ways to act out and co-create care-based access solutions. The aim of this workshop is to imagine accessibility as something far beyond regulatory codes, which is the true shape of care.
"Can we move beyond regulations and imagine more ways of caring for one another?"
When we think about accessibility, we often picture ramps, lifts, captions, and other accessible facilities. But does meeting accessibility standards necessarily mean a space is truly accessible?
Join us for a sharing session and workshop where we will:
🌱 Explore existing accessibility guidelines.
🌱 Learn about c.95d8 Crip Space's approaches to accessibility.
🌱 Discuss accessibility as relationships, lived experiences, and an ongoing process of negotiation.
🌱 Hear four crip artists share their lived experiences and reflections on accessibility.
🌱 Share your own experiences of care, inclusion, and exclusion (whether you identify as crip or not).
🌱 Co-create a collective accessibility guideline that embraces diverse access needs.
Speakers
✦ Amy Chan｜Living with scoliosis since adolescence, and through experiences of surgery, rehabilitation, and chronic pain, Amy rethinks accessibility as a practice of relationships and collective care.
✦ Bom Lam｜A genderqueer person who appears "normal" but continues to navigate the medical framework surrounding gender dysphoria.
✦ Kathleen Lo｜With over a decade of experience caring for people with mental illness and visual impairment, Kathleen reflects on accessibility, care, and everyday life from a caregiver's perspective.
✦ Siu Fong Yeung｜A person with a physical disability who questions why many modern "accessible" facilities have little relevance to their everyday life.
*The workshop will be conducted in Cantonese, with live interpretation and AI-assisted live transcription/translation.