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Being able to "see" yourself in pop culture

rainbow_goddess wrote in friendly_crips Jun 20, 2012 07:59

We discussed this a little bit when we talked about TV characters who showed signs of having Asperger's Syndrome, and then sammmason mentioned Jack Osborne being diagnosed with MS, and this got me to wondering: how often, if ever, do you see someone with your disability/diagnosis in popular culture -- either as a fictional character on TV or in movies, or a ( Read more... )

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