Author: Jacob Wu

When I moved from Hong Kong to the UK, I was struck by how differently people talk about religion. In Hong Kong, faith slides easily into everyday conversation. In Britain, religion and belief are legally protected, yet many people hesitate to mention them at all, anxious that a single wrong word might appear insensitive. That…

In the workshop and the classroom, I often find myself standing at a curious crossroads—where culture, theatre, and neurodivergence meet. I’m Asian. I’m a working designer and technician. And I am undergoing an ADHD diagnosis. These parts of my identity don’t exist in isolation; they overlap and interact in ways that are both challenging and…

Reflecting on interviews with Ade Adepitan, Christine Sun Kim and Shay (Chay) Brown alongside Oliver’s social model of disability and Crenshaw’s lens of intersectionality, one message rings clear: disability never travels alone. It is braided through race, gender identity, class, nationality and more, and the barriers we encounter are built far less by our bodies…