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When physical limitations interfere with cultural skill learning

I want to learn traditional beadwork from my aunt but my hands shake from a medical condition and I am embarrassed that I cannot do it properly.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical disabilities can make traditional craft learning frustrating and shameful when adaptation is not culturally recognized.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous coming-of-age traditions?”

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