ADRIAN — Adrian College’s spring convocation will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, March 18, in Dawson Auditorium. The topic is “Constructions of Disability” and the speaker is Dianna Temple.

Temple is an artist, occupational therapist, and disability advocate. Her work explores disability through the lens of the Social Model of Disability, which emphasizes social, political, and environmental barriers for people with disabilities. 

She is the executive director of Ohio SIBS, an advocacy organization for siblings of people with disabilities that aims to create a more inclusive world.

“In my presentation, I will address several photographic projects that directly reflect how I have used photography to question ideas of representation and how our built environment isolates people with disabilities,” Temple said in a statement announcing the convocation. “As an able-bodied photographer, I collaborate with people with disabilities in an attempt to see the social constructs of disability in our world. I aim to create imagery that can build new conversations.”