Disability (In)justice Series - Teen Vogue
Teen Vogue commissioned me to illustrate a series looking at disability from the perspective of various disabled writers and activists.
On a blue background with red tape, two young people try to reach and support two older people with disabilities. One of the young people has light-brown skin and brown hair, they look concerned. They are wearing a yellow flare armed top and blue pleated skirt. They are reaching for an elderly person with white hair and glasses in a blue cardigan who is using an orange zimmer frame. The other younger person has dark brown skin and dark brown hair and is wearing a long-sleeved pink sweater with cream shorts. They are reaching for an elderly Sikh person wearing a pink turban and orange sleeveless cardigan with dark blue trousers. This elderly person is holding a pink cane.
A group of four people try to pull a white lock from a political stand with an electoral ribbon on it. The person closest to the lock is an indigenous person with a knee brace and holding a crutch. Holding their arm is a person wearing a pink top with short hair. They are wearing a CGM device. At the front of the group is a black person in an orange wheelchair, they are wearing a blue blazer and a red top. The person at the back of the group has their hair in buns and has a limb difference.
An illustration of two medium-toned hands on a pink background, holding a voting card that says ‘#CripTheVote’ with a tick next to it. The person holding the card is holding a pencil and appears to have written the tick on the card. The hands have long, red nails and are surrounded by yellow stars.
A white hand holds half a dollar note and is placing it into the hand of a black person, whose palm has three half coins.
An illustration of various windows with different people inside, some of them are sleeping, others are meditating and one is taking a meeting in their wheelchair. Outside the windows are virus cells, representing the covid virus.
Three people one in front of the other sit at identical blue desks taking a standardised test. From each of their tests is a measuring tape that wraps each of the test takers bodies'. The first test taker has brown hair with a bleach blond fringe and is wearing a CGM device on their arm. The second test taker is a black person with a long ponytail and a red hearing aid. The final test taker is a light skinned person with a pink mop of hair and a light brown undercut.
Girl on her phone lying in bed surrounded with medication as other young people play outside in the sun.