Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
What does it mean to be a blind mum? Disability activist Amy Kavanagh talks to us about her experience of breastfeeding and motherhood as a person with visual impairment - for her, a form of defiance against the expectations put on her by an ableist world. Along the way, she talks about how museums can create space for experiences of disability to be shared and recognised.
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Amy is a white woman with blonde hair and vintage sunglasses, accompanied by her golden retriever Guide Dog Ava. Amy and Ava are in the Reading Room, a gallery and library space with red carpet and ornate lighting. Amy moves around the space and we see her stand by a table with objects connected to infant feeding. As we observe the objects, the camera wobbles and a caption appears reading “*professional camera work”. Amy handles a knitted breast as she talks about her experience of breastfeeding.
#blindness
#breastfeeding
#parenting
#internationaldayofpersonswithdisabilities #motherhood
Find us on Instagram: instagram.com/wellcomecollection
What does it mean to be a blind mum? Disability activist Amy Kavanagh talks to us about her experience of breastfeeding and motherhood as a person with visual impairment - for her, a form of defiance against the expectations put on her by an ableist world. Along the way, she talks about how museums can create space for experiences of disability to be shared and recognised.
Alt text:
Amy is a white woman with blonde hair and vintage sunglasses, accompanied by her golden retriever Guide Dog Ava. Amy and Ava are in the Reading Room, a gallery and library space with red carpet and ornate lighting. Amy moves around the space and we see her stand by a table with objects connected to infant feeding. As we observe the objects, the camera wobbles and a caption appears reading “*professional camera work”. Amy handles a knitted breast as she talks about her experience of breastfeeding.
#blindness
#breastfeeding
#parenting
#internationaldayofpersonswithdisabilities #motherhood
Find us on Instagram: instagram.com/wellcomecollection
