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http://blobolobolob.blogspot.com/2012/07/10-things-fiction-writers-need-to.html

Part one of an overview of how to write about disability in a more realistic way.

Summary:
1. Disabled characters can be at the centre of stories which aren't all about disability.
2. Disability can be part of the plot of great stories.
3. People with long-term impairments or chronic illness are not fascinated by their own condition or their own symptoms.
4. Disabled people are not all young, white, straight, affluent men.
5. Disabled people go bad for a reason.

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Date: 2012-07-08 06:17 pm (UTC)
dorothean: detail of painting of Gandalf, Frodo, and Gimli at the Gates of Moria, trying to figure out how to open them (Default)
From: [personal profile] dorothean
Thanks for linking to this, it's great!

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Date: 2012-07-09 07:33 am (UTC)
muccamukk: Wanda walking away, surrounded by towering black trees, her red cloak bright. (Marvel: Cheers!)
From: [personal profile] muccamukk
Brought to you by the latest Spider-Man movie?

Great link, thanks for sharing.

Yay!

Date: 2012-07-09 08:11 am (UTC)
ysabetwordsmith: Cartoon of me in Wordsmith persona (Default)
From: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
Good list. I immediately ran
down my list of disabled
characters to find the ones
that stacked. Mostly I had
disabled/female or
disabled/ethnic, and a few
disabled/female/ethnic.

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