Why is there still a stigma around disability? @WellcomeCollection
Why is there still a stigma around disability? @WellcomeCollection
Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Why do some people still feel discomfort around the subject of disability?

Writer and doctor Grace Spence Green breaks it down for us.

Grace's book 'To Exist As I Am: A Doctor's Notes on Recovery and Radical Acceptance' is out now.

Alt text: This video shows Grace, a young woman with dark hair and glasses, inside Wellcome Collection's Reading Room. She wears a yellow pullover, glasses with frames to match, and sit in her wheelchair with a bookshelf behind her.
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Why is there still a stigma around disability?

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