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  “Proud Mary”: Glee’s Very Special Sham Disability Pride Anthem

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  David Kociemba Emerson College

  April 09, 2010

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  wheelchairs, audiences would never accept running in circles while gesturing as good show dance choreography. ... audiences to learn from the experience of those with disabilities in their Very Special Episode. ...
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  A Failure of Imagination: The role of disability in AVATAR

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  Jennifer Proctor University of Michigan-Dearborn

  August 10, 2010

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  A Failure of Imagination: The role of disability in AVATAR disability avatar ableism Curator's Note "When I was lying in the V.A. hospital with a big hole blown through the middle of my life, I started having these dreams of flying. I was free. ...
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  Queerness Meets Disability in Shortbus

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  Cynthia Barounis University of Illinois at Chicago

  February 02, 2011

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  Queerness Meets Disability in Shortbus queerness Film of John Cameron Mitchell disability Curator's Note In the contemporary push toward mainstream acceptance, many gay men and lesbians insist that they have nothing in common with disabled people.   ...
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  Bastard from a Basket: Deafness in There Will Be Blood

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  Stevi Costa Cornish College of the Arts

  April 16, 2018

  learn sign language. Plainview expects that his son will conform to the norms of his world, without ...
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  Just find a way around it

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  Laura Purcell Virginia Tech

  October 07, 2019

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  Just find a way around it disability food great british bake off Curator's Note “People would Tweet: ‘I’m sure Briony had a hand last week,’” said Great British Bake-Off semi-finalist Briony Williams on the BBC podcast Ouch. Williams has what she cal ...
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  Fetishizing Cognitive Difference in The Big Bang Theory and Atypical

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  Ted Gournelos Old Dominion University

  October 11, 2019

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  Fetishizing Cognitive Difference in The Big Bang Theory and Atypical disability autism big bang theory sitcom television Curator's Note In the past two decades Asperger's Syndrome and autism, or the "autism spectrum," have become commo ...
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  Disability and Diversity in Disney Animation

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  Jessica Gibson University of York

  September 09, 2021

  must be recognized as having profound protection to affect how we think, learn and live” (2017, p. 121) ... a predominately younger audience, this is a way for children to learn about disability and for adults/parents to ...