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Explore what Happiness is – and isn’t – through art, activism and science in Wellcome Collection’s free online workshops for 14 to 19-year-olds, with artist Jamie Hale.
The workshops will be relaxed and have speech to text reporters, Audio Description and BSL.
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Explore what Happiness is – and isn’t – through art, activism and science in Wellcome Collection’s free online workshops for 14 to 19-year-olds, with artist Jamie Hale.
The workshops will be relaxed and have speech to text reporters, Audio Description and BSL.
Book Now: wellcomecollection.org/event-series/YSUfhBEAAEutzWF5
Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/wellcomecollection
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/explorewellcome
See us on Instagram: instagram.com/wellcomecollection
Follow Benny Ngo on Twitter: twitter.com/bennyngo_
See Benny Ngo on Instagram: instagram.com/bennyngo_
Follow Jazzy Whipps on Twitter: twitter.com/jazzywhipps
See Jazzy Whipps on Instagram: instagram.com/jazzywhipps










![Grace Spence Green on disability, politics and her new book To Exist as I Am
We caught up with Grace Spence Green - doctor, disability activist, and author - to talk about disability, politics and her new book To Exist as I Am: A Doctors Notes on Recovery and Radical Acceptance ✨
Grace Spence Green is a junior doctor working to challenge the narratives surrounding disability, medicine and identity. In 2018, aged 22 and a fourth year medical student, she sustained a spinal cord injury and is now a full-time wheelchair user. Since her life-changing injury, Grace has become a passionate advocate for the disabled community, appearing in the BMJ and Guardian, and across TV and radio.
0:00: intro
0.05: disability = stigma
0:44: inappropriate things people say to wheelchair users
03:06: what disability means
04:30: what is radical acceptance
05:01: the role of hope and care in activism
Read an extract online: https://wellcomecollection.org/stories/waking-up-in-a-new-body
Pick up your copy at Wellcome Collections bookshop or your nearest bookstore 📚 https://profilebooks.com/work/to-exist-as-i-am/
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