Kennedy Dawson Healy (she/they) is a Fat, Queer, Crip writer and media maker originally from Omaha, Nebraska. Now based in Chicago, Kennedy makes work focused on disability, accessibility, care, abolition, sexuality, and representation. They are the founder of Crip Crap, a media company that makes media about disability, by and for disabled people.
As a 3Arts/Bodies of Work Fellow, they developed a musical titled Care: The Musical, which follows four disabled people and their care workers in Chicago as they navigate state care systems before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her photo project about care, created alongside Marley Molkentin, has been featured on the Disability Visibility Project blog and in the anthology Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire edited by Alice Wong. Kennedy's other in-progress projects include a children's film, children’s books, and a television series created with Joy Ellison.
She is a Libra who loves plants, her cat, chicken wings, and feminist country music. Follow her work on Instagram: @crip.crap.media and on LinkedIn.
Featured Artworks
"Care" photography project sample by Marley Molkentin and Kennedy Dawson Healy
Art by Kennedy Dawson Healy