Tweets and other Tidbits about writing and disability. Hopefully helpful for writers who want to write GOOD pieces with disabled characters. Hopefully a wake-up-call for writers who indulge in harmful stereotypes.
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Having a disabled character „overcome“ or otherwise no longer have to deal with their disability in a story is dangerous.
![LeahRaeder Leah Raeder @LeahRaeder It sends the message that you can't be happy and fulfilled and [insert good stuff here] if you're disabled.](https://mela.geekgirls.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Selection_156.png)
It sends the message that you can’t be happy and fulfilled and [insert good stuff here] if you’re disabled.
Here’s your takeaway: write about disabled characters LIVING WITH THEIR FUCKING DISABILITIES. Normalize it. Show how it is day-to-day.
OPINION: The disability community’s Bechdel Test