ARTXV is proud to present the ARTXV Impact Report, a review of the last 3 years of building community, nurturing artists and collaborating with teams across the world to launch projects at the intersection of art, technology and disability pride.
![Championing disability inclusion in the arts and technology. The traditional art world is inaccessible. Disability is the largest minority in the world, yet 87% of art venuesin more than 40 countries don’t include disabled people in any partof the process [British Council, 2021]. Digital literacy. Disabled people are 35% less likely to have essential digital skills forlife and are at a higher risk of being digitally excluded, often due toa lack of accessible digital services [Consumer Digital Index, 2019]. Community during the pandemic. Disabled adults who report experiencing chronic loneliness arealmost double that of non-disabled adults, in addition to WHOdeclaring loneliness a ‘global public health concern’ after theCOVID-19 pandemic [ONS, 2020] [WHO, 2023]. Employment and independence. Disabled people are almost twice as likely to be unemployed asnon-disabled people, and three times as likely to be economicallyinactive, but want to work and are fully capable of working, yet often](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b3a4d2_eb94ff208c0b465c98b1e2ed468dac87~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_600,h_777,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/3.png)
