Gratitudes for “Undue Burden”

UNDUE BURDEN is deeply grateful to the Painted Bride for their support of this project and their investment in the Disabled creative community. Many thanks to Leeway Foundation, Velocity Fund, Cedar Crest College, and Bartol Foundation for past and present financial support for UNDUE BURDEN’s digital Disability archive and related programming. This project would not be possible without our collaborating programming partners including This Must Be the Place, Center for Creative Works, The Philadelphia Trans Oral History Project, Queerobics, Community Legal Services, Hot Bits Film Festival, Your Empowered Sexuality (YES), TechOwl, and The Healthy Sexuality Project, and Cleo’s Bagels. Many thanks to B.H. Mills for the installation fabrication and Ben Volta and Mural Provisions for the installation printing. Thanks to Beth Rudig for her archive expertise in UNDUE BURDEN’s formative days and Krishna Washburn for the accessibility guidance. Thanks to those who met with the access artistry team to provide feedback and support including Anya Gholson, Alanna Raffel, Akili Davis, and Octavia Rose Hingle. Thank you to Theater Journal for the opportunity to publish our Access Artistry Manifesto.

We are extremely grateful to our many care workers, whose facilitation and support are invaluable. Endless thanks to the community of Sick, Disabled, MAD and Neurodivergent people and non-disabled accomplices who have collaborated with us on this project: helped with research, event planning, fundraising, or performing, donated to the archive, attended a Zoom meeting, or offered advice, a ride, or emotional support. We are grateful to everyone who has touched UNDUE BURDEN- there are too many people to list, but all are loved and appreciated.

UNDUE BURDEN came into being and continues to grow through our expanding network of Sick, Disabled, MAD, and Neurodivergent people with diverse experiences and stories. We are grateful for the education this community offers to us and for the guidance Sins Invalid and the leaders of Disability Justice generously share. We hope to be good students and stewards of Disability history. We are grateful to be in community with disabled elders, comrades, young people, and nondisabled accomplices and to have the opportunity to build radically accessible spaces for all.

Thank you to Pam Price, the inspiration for the UNDUE BURDEN archive, a fearless leader, and an exceptional friend.

– Hook&Loop, October 2024