Exhibition shows positive images of learning disabilities

January 30, 2009 in Disability

Mencap has created an outdoor exhibition to display some of winning photographs from its annual photo competition, Snap.

The pictures are all either taken by or featuring someone with a learning disability and aim to show life from the perspective of people with learning disabilities. As part of the This is Me exhibition, they are displayed on two-metre cubes at outdoor locations.

Here we show a selection of the photos.
	‘Our dream come true’ Featuring: Andrea and Paul Annear By: Stuart Barrow Andrea, 36 and Paul, 44, who lived at the Ormerod Home as children, married in 2004 after a 10-year battle to wed.
	‘Positive and Proud’ Featuring: Jeff Jones By: Alison McGann Jeff, pictured, writes: “I want to go to the seaside, I want to smoke my pipe, I want to drink lager in a pub, And become very hype!”
	‘Friends having a laugh’ Featuring: Leroy Binns and Kunal Kunal (right) and his friend and peer advocate Leroy Binns.
	‘Storm dog’ By: David Clemenson Clemenson says: “To me the dog looks like a mysterious wolf in a storm. Sometimes my disability makes me feel like that.”
	‘Beauty in the eye of the beholder’ Featuring: Hannah By: Jo Yarnall Yarnall says: “As I look into my daughter’s eyes I do not see her disability. I am totally captivated by her beauty.”

More information

See more pictures
This is Me is in Birmingham during February and in Manchester in March
Mencap’s Snap competition 2009 is open for entries until 9 March. More details online, or email snap@mencap.org.uk
Mencap website