“Some disabled people spend a significant amount of their energy on trying to come across as abled or as not that disabled.” HumorAbleFunnyEnergyAbilityActingHumourJokesHumorousShameReputationAshamedSatirePretendingDisabilityAphorismJokeHumiliationHilariousDisgraceDisabledActPretenseAphorismsStigmaLameParalyzedCrippledPretendDishonorWheelchairsHandicappedAphoristAphoristsBad ReputationShamingEnergiesIgnominyWheelchairCrippleShamedStigmasDifferently AbledDisableBedriddenQuadriplegicParaplegicIncapacitatedNot BadNot That BadAbledImmobilizedDebilitatedIn A WheelchairInfirmOpprobriumOut Of Action Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“But my hand froze, suspended like a marionette in midair, before dropping to my side like the same limp toy fallen into a broken limb, as if that very action immobilized my body.” GriefBrokenToyMarionetteImmobilized Book:Peter Source: Peter