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Seeing Frida Kahlo Through Disabled Peoples Perspectives

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  Seeing Frida Kahlo Through Disabled Peoples Perspectives   By Corbett Joan OToole   Presentation at the DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA February 2020     LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT     I want to acknowledge that we are gathered on the ancestral and unceded land of the Muwekma [Mah-wek-mah] Ohlone peoples. I ask you to join me in acknowledging these communities, their elders both past and present, as well as future generations. I say this to note that I am a settler on this land. I offer my gratitude to these elders who protected and preserved this land so that we may be here today.   I want to thank the de Young Museum particularly Karen Berniker and the Docent Council for inviting me to speak about Frida Kahlo from a disability-positive perspective.   DISABLED PEOPLE AND MUSEUMS   MUSEUM WEBSITES ON ACCESS   I will start where most disabled people start when consi...