
Silent No More
photography by Margherita Coppolino “Even though I have moved on, and you know, I have a great life now, I…

photography by Margherita Coppolino “Even though I have moved on, and you know, I have a great life now, I…

Photography by Denise Beckwith “I say it now and a hundred time, I was laying there on the bed. With…

“When the fire alarm went off it, was like my worst nightmare coming true. The tutor of the class I…

photography by Denise Beckwith “I think for me one of the most important- well I think for me just to…

photography by Margherita Coppolino ‘If resilience is a measure of how quickly we bounce back, I could be an olympic…

photography by Margherita Coppolino ‘I was only six years old, and I was falling asleep. And then I asked him…

photography by Anonymous ‘To me, when I look at the photograph now it looks like, I can see the hurt…

photography by Margherita Coppolino ‘Now many decades on, she was able to reveal for the first time the on going…

photography by Margherita Coppolino “When I went into the nursing home, I was there for nearly four years. My silent…

Photography by Denise Beckwith “Police arrived and approached him with tazers and guns drawn. I stood frozen, watching it all…

Photography by Denise Beckwith “I was born in the tropical town of Darwin in 1981 to my Warlpiri mother Bess…

photography by Margherita Coppolino “Before the IUD, I had pills, to stop me from getting pregnant, I wanted to get…

Photograph by Denise Beckwith “My Silent Tears come from so many years of being misunderstood, of an inability to connect…

Photography by Denise Beckwith “When I saw those four little words I knew, Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder there was no…

photography by Margherita Coppolino “It’s the most prevalent, its always the one thing I remember, I think of being in…

photography by relative of anonymous participant, Australia 2015 ‘She acquired a brain injury, vision impairment and physical disability as a…

photography by Margherita Coppolino “Nobody know what go on in them. They are tears that we cry that nobody know…

photography by Denise Beckwith ‘I was only six years old, and I was falling asleep. And then I asked him…

‘ “No one will want you anymore, you are like a used rag”, were the words spoken over me. Dirty…

Photograph by Denise Beckwith – Sylvia, Canada I totally lost it. You just drop, your body just drops. Then I…


Photograph by Denise Beckwith “In terms of my silent tears, it’s for him because somebody took his innocence truly, it’s…

Photography by Denise Beckwith ‘This is, indeed, a brutal story with an equally brutal conclusion. I do fit both labels:…

Photography by Denise Beckwith ‘One time I did something wrong and my mother hit me so hard with the broom…

Photograph by Denise Beckwith Kahnawake Mohawk of the Six Nations Confederacy and Pottowatomi of the Three Fires Confederacy. Bear Clan…

photography by Belinda Mason ‘Lagrimas silenciosas son las que lloran dentro del alma’ ‘Silent Tears are those that are cried…

Photography by Denise Beckwith “We are warriors. Every morning we get up and we do battle against the obstacles so…

Photography by Denise Beckwith “That’s kind of part of my vision for the future to be able to be well…

Photography by Denise Beckwith “I feel the main barrier we face is really in our minds because physical obstacles can…


Photography by Denise Beckwith “I had a normal childhood and I used to play with my siblings. I have 3…

Photography by Denise Beckwith “People should acknowledge that I’m not just a pair of legs. I’m a whole person.” –…

Photography by Denise beckwith “Faith really saved me. Anything is possible through faith.” – Irma, Guatemala 2017 “When I was…

Photography by Denise Beckwith “You have to do the best for your life, your community, your society and your country.”…

Photography by Marina George Ummul Kher, India, 2017 “Allowing a person with disability to exist, to just survive without getting…

Photography by Marina George “I think it wouldn’t matter much if I died. How long can you live your life…

Photography by Denise Beckwith Indonesia, 2017 Harti is a young woman with disability from Indonesia. The stigma of disability has…

Photography by Denise Beckwith Harapanku yang paling besar sekolah inklusi itu bisa semakin besar sekalipun mungkin bukan aku yang memiliki…

Photography by Denise Beckwith Ngatinem Story Indonesia, 2016 Ngatinem Story “Saya adalah seorang ibu yang mempunyai tiga orang anak. Tiap…

Photography by Denise Beckwith For Syafrina and Indonesian woman with disabilty, marriage is an opportunity to gain acceptance in society…

Photography by Denise Beckwith ‘ I have tried to talk about my experience to Dr’s but they don’t try to…

Photograph of Adame and Kadi supplied by Rights of Girls, Mali 2015 ‘En tant que femme et en tant qu’activiste…

Photograph by Denise Beckwith Jolijn, Netherlands, 2017 “This is part of my personal testimony that I wrote in 2016 as…

Photography by Denise Beckwith ‘I have overcome many things. The thing I like about my life now is that I…

Photography by Denise Beckwith – Rosyln, South Africa, 2017 Sexual violations against persons with mental disability is on the increase…

Photography by Denise Beckwith ‘I think it all comes from the family first, because the family need to accept you…

Photography by Denise Beckwith ‘All my brothers don’t want to hear anything about the rape. Even my mum she doesn’t…

Photography by Denise Beckwith “They say tears taste like salt. I never had that experience till I became a child…

photography by Anonymous ‘As women we are the only ones that can carry two spirits, so we have to teach…

Photography by Denise Beckwith “In the safe house of Barrier Free Living in New York USA, are three extraordinary women…
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