Spoonies are people with chronic illness. What is a chronic illness? It's a persistent condition; simplified it means getting sick and never being able to get better. The term/label was coined after the Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino to help explain what chronic illness is like to people who don't have it. Not everyone with … Continue reading Painful color spectrum
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Cable’s disabled childhood
As an X-Men character and member of the Summers family Cable has an extensive and convoluted story so I'm only going to cover a small glimpse of his childhood to look at his disability and disability narrative. Mutants are considered a marginalized race in the Marvel universe and mutation is used as a metaphor for … Continue reading Cable’s disabled childhood
Every single romance novel with a disabled protagonist
1. Able-bodied man gets disabled doing sports or during military service, he is paralyzed from the waist down. Able-bodied woman loves him because he’s nice unlike like other guys. He is bitter, she is inspires him. Able-bodied woman knows more about the disabled man’s disability than he does. 2. An able-bodied woman working in healthcare, … Continue reading Every single romance novel with a disabled protagonist
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