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Points of interest: 

• The article presents the anticapacitic artivism in the experience of the group Compañía de Teatro Visión Imposible, composed of visually impaired people in Punta Arenas, Chile.
• Artivism blends art and activism. The authors propose it as a form of resistance.
• Artivism is understood as an expressive and political strategy and allows people to question the social order capacitist.
• Capacitism measures the value of people based on an ideal body type. Capacitism leaves out all the bodies that are different, like people with disabilities.
• Anti-capitalism values the differences in people’s minds and bodies. It is a form of fighting against capacitism.
• The article shows a case study of the Theatre Company “Vision Impossible”. Focal groups and photo-ethnography were integrated. Creative preparations were also made to create a performance.
• It is shown that there are strong relationships between the members of the Company. These relationships help them to recognize their identities as persons with disabilities. The members manage to recognize these identities through art.

Notes:

• The following summary was made by Núcleo Milenio DISCA, and was based exclusively on the publication. Therefore, it cannot be used for citations and references.
• This article was originally published in Spanish.

Romero-Rojas, V. I., Pino-Morán, J. A., Montaña-Castro, N. (2025). Teatro y artivismo anticapacitista. Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional, 33(e4102). https://doi.org/10.1590/2526-8910.cto416441023