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Disability Representation in Comic Book Heroes and Villains

The representation of disability in comic books has been a complex and often problematic issue. Historically, disability has been portrayed through a medical model that focuses on individual impairments and frames disability as a personal tragedy or limitation. However, in recent years, a social model of disability has emerged that recognizes disability as a result of societal barriers and discrimination. This essay will explore the representation of disability in comic book heroes and villains through the lens of the social model of disability.

“I’m One of the Good Ones”: Ugly Laws, Survival, and the Power of Celebrating Things that Aren’t Pretty

It was just me understanding that if I am a coded as being societally “ugly” in specific ways that I will not receive the care and treatment I need. So, I told myself, “I have to be the most attractive sick person, the most able-bodied-looking sick person.” Adding on to that, I also am expected to complain about not being able to aerial dance and do exercise shit. So that people really know that I’m one of the good ones, the one that they should save.

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