Nicola Griffith

[sasha_feather]

Science Fiction Author Nicola Griffith writes about Coming Out As A Cripple, and the need for greater accessibility in the world:

https://nicolagriffith.com/2016/04/25/coming-out-as-a-cripple/

Warning for presence of a known troll (WS aka Beetlejuice) in the comments.

Comments

excellent reading

[jesse_the_k]

Nicola Griffith is a very skilled writer, and funny too. Here's a tasty tidbit to encourage you to click through:

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My illness, I reasoned, was a personal difficulty that took a lot of bandwidth to mitigate; why give it any more attention than necessary?

I came to think of this stance as the Small Dog Theory of illness: keep the irritating, yappy little hairball fed and watered and it won’t annoy you as much.

The Small Dog Theory is a load of rubbish.

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