Carrie Sandahl: This piece was really sort of acknowledging the way that I feel that people with disabilities are always situated within a medical discourse. That's why I got the lab jacket and why it's written in red to signify blood. And the fascination that peole seem to have with a medical discourse of your body--as if it's always been written on your body whether you're wearing it or not. / Talking About Talking Back: Afterthoughts on the Making of the Disability Documentary Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back

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Volume: 37
Article Title: Talking About Talking Back: Afterthoughts on the Making of the Disability Documentary Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back
Caption: Carrie Sandahl: This piece was really sort of acknowledging the way that I feel that people with disabilities are always situated within a medical discourse. That's why I got the lab jacket and why it's written in red to signify blood. And the fascination that peole seem to have with a medical discourse of your body--as if it's always been written on your body whether you're wearing it or not.
Page Number: 335
Filename: 98216_13
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Date: Spring1998
Issue Title: Disability, Art, and Culture (Part One)
Number: 2
Author: David T. Mitchell

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Full citation: "Carrie Sandahl: This piece was really sort of acknowledging the way that I feel that people with disabilities are always situated within a medical discourse. That's why I got the lab jacket and why it's written in red to signify blood. And the fascination that peole seem to have with a medical discourse of your body--as if it's always been written on your body whether you're wearing it or not.; Talking About Talking Back: Afterthoughts on the Making of the Disability Documentary Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back." In the digital collection Michigan Quarterly Review Images. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mqrimage/x-98216-und-13/98216_13. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 07, 2025.