Artistic Expressions

The apparent invisibility of vestibular disorder symptoms can make it difficult for others to understand the resulting adaptations and limitations required to function. As part of VEDA’s efforts to increase public awareness about vestibular disorders, we invite submissions of artwork to post on this site.

Artwork about all aspects of vestibular disorders will be considered. For example, renderings might reflect how it feels to have a vestibular disorder, what diagnosis and treatment for it are like, or how it affects work, school, relationships, emotions, or life in general.

Submission parameters: 
Scanned images—JPG or GIF files, 72 dpi, size in pixels: 200(w) x 500(h) 
Short written compositions or poems— MS WORD or Plain Text files

VEDA will not be able to post all submissions. VEDA reserves the right to decline to post selected submitted artwork.

Below are pictures by children who have a family member or friend with a vestibular disorder, or who were asked to illustrate what one must feel like.

My Mom Gets Dizzy by Eating Salt!
This drawing was made by the children of a VEDA member in Montana. They were ages 4 and 6 years when their mother was diagnosed with Menieres disease. “Things that help” include heavy boots and not climbing on ladders. 

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Grade-school children from Toledo, Ohio, created the impressions of dizziness shown below. The students received no help with their work except art materials and a discussion about how it felt to be dizzy. All of these works were entered in the 1997-98 VEDA art contest for children.