Nothing comes easy, especially with disabilities art. Three international leaders talk about the burdens and wins of activism, visibility, failure and collaboration as pathways to greater inclusion.

From being disability-led from the top down to making everyone share responsibility to be leaders for change, those doing it well in the disability sector speak out.

From a spate of art fairs to early 2020 program announcements and ticket offers for upcoming Festivals, we bring you the highlights of this week's arts news.

30-years of shaping disability access programming for America's largest cultural institutions brings lessons for change and a strong read on today's shifting tides.

We take a look at this week's top news stories from around the galleries, on stage, the festival scene, wrapping screen news and Aussies making it abroad.