CEC SmartBrief article: Artists with disabilities say they express themselves through art

Artists with disabilities say they express themselves through art Artists with disabilities whose works were recently displayed at a California nonprofit say art gives them an opportunity to express themselves despite other challenges. "From my observation, people with disabilities are still looked upon as not so much 'disabled' anymore but more 'less-abled,' " said Matt Givans, 27, a college student with dyslexia who gets in touch with his Native American roots through his drawings. Appeal-Democrat (Marysville-Yuba City, Calif.) (5/13)