On stage and in their own words. 🎭

Through a partnership led by faculty members Drs. Rachelle Hole and Leyton Schnellert, adults with intellectual disabilities are using theatre as a platform for advocacy, storytelling, and conversations about inclusive housing.

Dr. Schnellert found that “over years of collaboration, we kept returning to the same realization—stories about disability are too often told from the outside, and filtered through systems, policies or academic distance. One question kept resurfacing: What would change if theatre began with the lived experiences of people with intellectual disabilities?”

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