Riva Lehrer

Riva Lehrer (born in 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American painter, writer, teacher, and speaker. Lehrer was born bearing in mind spina bifida and has undergone numerous surgeries throughout her life. Her play a part focuses upon issues of swine identity and the socially challenged body, especially in explorations of cultural depictions of disability. Lehrer is well known as both an player and an activist in the showground of Disability Culture.