Riva Lehrer

Riva Lehrer (born in 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American painter, writer, teacher, and speaker. Lehrer was born in the freshen of spina bifida and has undergone numerous surgeries throughout her life. Her pretense focuses on issues of inborn identity and the socially challenged body, especially in explorations of cultural depictions of disability. Lehrer is without difficulty known as both an player and an campaigner in the dome of Disability Culture.