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Disability Pride, Community and the Disability Movement
Esi is joined by Berni Vincent, a disabled activist, artist, and long-standing figure in the disability movement.
Berni shares her journey from growing up excluded and isolated, to becoming proud to be a disabled person through connection, community, and collective action. Along the way, she reflects on how meeting other disabled people shifted her thinking and sense of identity, something that also influenced Esi’s own approach to disability.
The conversation explores what inclusion really looks like in practice, the difference between meaningful support and token gestures, and why co-production still matters. There is also a clear thread around what has changed, and what has been lost, as spaces for disabled people have become more fragmented and more digital.
Berni also shares how her experiences have shaped her art today and how creativity has become another way to express identity, politics, and lived experience.
Signposting and resources
Berni Vincent’s art
https://outsidein.org.uk/galleries/berni-vincent/
Outside In
A platform supporting artists who experience barriers to the mainstream art world.
https://outsidein.org.uk/
Under Marc’s leadership, Outside In has become a trailblazer in the art world, supporting thousands of artists who face barriers due to health, disability, social circumstance, or isolation. With over 4,000 artists showcased on its digital platform, more than 80 exhibitions (physical and online) and a growing number of outsider and non-traditional artists represented in the charity’s own Collection, Outside In has become a leading voice for artists outside the mainstream.
Chapter headings
00:00 Why inclusion is not only about money
00:31 Introducing Berni Vincent, activist and artist
04:17 What it means to be proud to be a disabled person
07:54 Finding identity through other disabled people
10:54 Early meetings and shifting away from medical identity
16:18 Growing up around political change
19:26 Everyday barriers and shared experiences
24:29 Getting involved in the disability movement
29:17 What is missing now, peer support and connection
31:26 Online vs real world spaces
34:53 Technology, access and hidden barriers
37:38 Rights, law and human connection
43:16 Discovering art and Outside In
47:44 Disability, identity and creativity
51:32 Advice for organisations, co-produce and be human
55:07 Final reflections
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By Celebrating DisabilityEsi is joined by Berni Vincent, a disabled activist, artist, and long-standing figure in the disability movement.
Berni shares her journey from growing up excluded and isolated, to becoming proud to be a disabled person through connection, community, and collective action. Along the way, she reflects on how meeting other disabled people shifted her thinking and sense of identity, something that also influenced Esi’s own approach to disability.
The conversation explores what inclusion really looks like in practice, the difference between meaningful support and token gestures, and why co-production still matters. There is also a clear thread around what has changed, and what has been lost, as spaces for disabled people have become more fragmented and more digital.
Berni also shares how her experiences have shaped her art today and how creativity has become another way to express identity, politics, and lived experience.
Signposting and resources
Berni Vincent’s art
https://outsidein.org.uk/galleries/berni-vincent/
Outside In
A platform supporting artists who experience barriers to the mainstream art world.
https://outsidein.org.uk/
Under Marc’s leadership, Outside In has become a trailblazer in the art world, supporting thousands of artists who face barriers due to health, disability, social circumstance, or isolation. With over 4,000 artists showcased on its digital platform, more than 80 exhibitions (physical and online) and a growing number of outsider and non-traditional artists represented in the charity’s own Collection, Outside In has become a leading voice for artists outside the mainstream.
Chapter headings
00:00 Why inclusion is not only about money
00:31 Introducing Berni Vincent, activist and artist
04:17 What it means to be proud to be a disabled person
07:54 Finding identity through other disabled people
10:54 Early meetings and shifting away from medical identity
16:18 Growing up around political change
19:26 Everyday barriers and shared experiences
24:29 Getting involved in the disability movement
29:17 What is missing now, peer support and connection
31:26 Online vs real world spaces
34:53 Technology, access and hidden barriers
37:38 Rights, law and human connection
43:16 Discovering art and Outside In
47:44 Disability, identity and creativity
51:32 Advice for organisations, co-produce and be human
55:07 Final reflections