Ariel Martz-Oberlander

an assertion of sovereignty: email signatures of disabled freelance artists

please note, i’m a disabled person currently recovering from a concussion. i will be better by february. please call at (604) — —- for urgent response.

Thank you for meeting my access needs!

It is normal for me to take 2 days to read my emails and 2 more days to respond. Immediacy is not compatible with the life I want to lead.

My standard working hours are Tuesday – Thursday 8am-3pm. However, I work flexi-hours to balance all my commitments as a human, so please don’t panic if you have received this email outside those hours. There is no pressure to respond straight away.

I am not able to receive unscheduled phone calls, and am best reached by email. If you’d prefer to speak by phone, please feel free to email me and we can schedule a phone call.

Please note, I’m a disabled person with Chronic Pain and ADHD. If you do not hear from me in two business days, please call or text me at (778) — —- to get a much faster reply.

Please excuse general typos in this message; I have a disability that requires dictation of most messages. Thank you for meeting my access needs!

I am using a screen reader to access my emails. Please set the text to use automatic black on a white background and refrain from using images in your reply.

I am using a screen reader to access my emails. Please set the text to use automatic black on a white background and refrain from using images in your reply.

Please consider using the Dyslexia-friendly font Trebuchet, because it may help your message reach farther.

please excuse any brevity and typos.

please allow me the Grace of 48 hrs time for a reply, I can confirm I’ll receive your message.

i will be better by february.

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Ariel Martz-Oberlander is a poet and playwright with a focus on disability/Mad arts and the creation of trauma-informed rehearsal and creation methodologies. Her work highlights include Nest, a show for one audience member at a time about climate grief; Time Machine, with Radix Theatre, a show on a yacht about our post-climate apocalypse future together; Hysteria, a multi-award-winning original comedy about consent and technology; On Behalf, a film/theatre hybrid exploring displacement from the land in diaspora and displacement from the body after trauma; and The Narrow Bridge, a multimedia afterlife story, at Chutzpah Festival.