Drawing from Experience was a project about how to help people involved in the transport world to better understand and improve the experience of people with dementia who are travelling.
Drawing from Experience
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The project was led by Andy Hyde from Go Upstream, an organisation already funded by the Life Changes Trust and the European Foundations’ Initiative on Dementia.
Go Upstream works with people affected by dementia on a range of issues to do with transport.
This new idea was that students from the University of Dundee Masters’ programme in Comics and Graphic Novels would produce artwork to disseminate information gathered with the help of people with dementia. They produced this novel, Stories of Travelling with Dementia
The Trust found this idea persuasive given the audience – i.e. bus drivers, taxi drivers, members of the public etc. because describing the experience of travelling with dementia to people who provide services can be a challenge. It’s a proof of concept to test the potential for further graphic illustration to convey ideas based on the views of people with dementia.
Andy Hyde, who you can see in the video above tells more about this project and other great inclusive projects on his website here.
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