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A disability as a superpower or a superpower as a disability? A superpowered disability?
Fascinating.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisabilitySuperpower
Discuss?
Also, you know what this reminds me of? A meme photo of a young woman in a wheelchair, in a bookstore, in which the woman is standing slightly to reach a book on a higher shelf, and the meme's snarky caption reads, "It's A Miracle!"
I found this in a long article about how many people like to use disabled people as inspiration porn. You know, "She is doing XYZ even though she has A Disability! Oh, look, how inspiring she is! We should all strive to be so strong!" You would think that disabled people who need wheelchairs because their bodies don't work right must have some sort of superpower, because gods forbid only paralyzed people need wheelchairs. Therefore, someone who is able to stand and walk most of the time should never need a wheelchair, no matter how screwed up their muscles are. Right? *CRIPPLE RAGE ETC*
Anyway.
Off to take more medication. I really needed two canes today, damn...
Fascinating.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisabilitySuperpower
Discuss?
Also, you know what this reminds me of? A meme photo of a young woman in a wheelchair, in a bookstore, in which the woman is standing slightly to reach a book on a higher shelf, and the meme's snarky caption reads, "It's A Miracle!"
I found this in a long article about how many people like to use disabled people as inspiration porn. You know, "She is doing XYZ even though she has A Disability! Oh, look, how inspiring she is! We should all strive to be so strong!" You would think that disabled people who need wheelchairs because their bodies don't work right must have some sort of superpower, because gods forbid only paralyzed people need wheelchairs. Therefore, someone who is able to stand and walk most of the time should never need a wheelchair, no matter how screwed up their muscles are. Right? *CRIPPLE RAGE ETC*
Anyway.
Off to take more medication. I really needed two canes today, damn...