Photo exhibition
Abilities matter exhibition
Through Abilities Matter photo gallery, we aim to highlight the different roles that wheelchair users can play and celebrate diversity. Even though people with disabilities are often associated with the idea of vulnerability or, on the contrary, with that of superhumans, in fact, people with disabilities are people just like everyone else. Disability is an integral part of the human condition. To be able to develop and use their skills in the communities they belong to, to be active and independent, disabled people need appropriate mobility equipment, an accessible environment and positive attitudes of the people around them, who practice inclusion and to cultivate empathy. People with disabilities are our neighbors, our colleagues or our children, they are drivers we meet in traffic, they are service providers we access daily. Sometimes we recognize them as disabled, sometimes not. There are invisible disabilities as well as temporary disabilities. Be that as it may, people define themselves by much more than the disability they live with, and that’s what we want to illustrate through the photo exhibition Abilities Matter.
We are grateful to everyone who appears in the images on this website and shares their experience to build an inclusive world.
The online photo exhibition Skills matter was created within the project “Advocacy for community access of wheelchair users”, implemented by the Motivation Romania Foundation in partnership with the Segoia Association, with the financial support of Active Citizens Fund Romania, a program financed by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants 2014-2021. It aims to support the social inclusion of disabled people by improving the mobility and health of wheelchair users.
The content of this website does not necessarily represent the official position of the EEA and Norwegian Grants 2014-2021; for more information, visit www.eeagrants.org. Information about Active Citizens Fund Romania is available at www.activecitizensfund.ro.
More information about the project can be found at the link: https://motivation.ro/en/abilities-and-rights-matter/.
Working together for an inclusive Europe.
Starting september 5th, the Abilities Matter exhibition can be visited for free in several places in Bucharest and in the country.
The exhibition includes images that capture people using wheelchairs, in different poses, fulfilling active roles at home, at work, in the community. By displaying the photographs, the exhibition aims to promote the abilities of people with disabilities and an active lifestyle in a wheelchair.
Here is the exhibition calendar for the next period:
Bucharest:
September 5 – 12 – ARCUB – Cultural Center of the Municipality of Bucharest, 84-90 Lipscani street, sector 3;
September 12 – 16 – Drumul Taberelor Center, 25 Brașov street, sector 6;
September 20 – 25 – Calea Văcărești 391, sector 4;
September 26 – October 10 – Embassy of Sweden in Bucharest, 43 Pavel D. Kiseleff Street, sector 1;
October 10 – 31 – Palatul Șuțu, Bd. I.C. Brătianu no. 2.
Brasov:
September 14 – 19 – Coresi Shopping Resort, 1 Zaharia Stancu street.
Constanta:
October 6 – 14 – “Jean Constantin” Multifunctional Educational Center for Youth, 56 Ferdinand Boulevard.
Cluj:
September 21 – October 5 – Cinema Dacia, Bucegi street 11, block A1.
Galati:
September 5 – 12 – Shopping City Galati, George Coșbuc Boulevard 251.
Ploiești:
October 28 – 30 – Talpa Iadului art festival, Târgoviștei street, no. 6
Satu Mare:
28 nov – 11 dec – Social Multifunctional Center Satu Mare.
Târgu Jiu:
November 1 – 7 – Shopping City, 10 Termocentralei Street.
The project “Advocacy for community access of wheelchair users” is implemented by Motivation Romania Foundation in partnership with Segoia Association, with the financial support of Active Citizens Fund Romania, programme funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants 2014-2021. The project aims to support the social inclusion of people with disabilities by improving the mobility and health of wheelchair users.
More information about the project can be found by accessing the link https://motivation.ro/en/abilities-and-rights-matter/.
Working together for an inclusive Europe.
