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good cripple

Accessibility and the Good Cripple

By s.e. smith on 22 January, 2010

The Good Cripple archetype has been fascinating me lately, in part because I worked on several Bitch posts which involved this archetype and the ways in which it harms people with disabilities. The Good Cripple, of course, is the person with disabilities who never rocks the boat, never raises a fuss, never causes problems, doesn’t [...]

Posted in accessibility, blaming, normality, politics, social attitudes | Tagged bad cripple, good cripple

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