Rather than a single story, the ‘Design and Disability’ show shows disability in all its vibrant, multifaceted realities. — Photo: Pexels
A black T-shirt bearing the words “Piss on Pity” written in pink in an Akzidenz Grotesk bold condensed font sets the tone for the Victoria and Albert Museum’s “Design and Disability” exhibition.
It is one of thousands of identical garments from the early 1990s worn by demonstrators attempting to shut down a British fundraising telethon they saw as a crass and insulting portrayal of disabled people.
