I really do want to watch that. A friend of mine was lamenting that none of the characters were born with their disability but it's otherwise perfect. So I'm intrigued.
Yeah, but I'd argue that 12 is closer to adulthood, at least in terms of disability psychology... I mean, she'd already had a firmly established "Able-bodied Identity" within her family and society, which she then "lost."
But someone has either been disabled since birth -- or at least since before entering (pre-) school -- has a very different (imnsho) life experience. Because when people say to those kids: "I pray for a miracle for you," or "hoping science finds a cure for you," those people really are talking about erasing that disabled person's identity (frankly, through my late adolescence, I'd indulge in angst-ridden daydreams about being cured of my CP against my will, and how the hell would I deal with that, and how freaky and terrifying it would be
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the pilot spends too much time on what accident or illness disabled the cast members - a topic of fascination to able-bodied people - accompanied by that musical note designed to indicate sinister tidings: "DJGHOOOOOOOM."
...And thanks for the transcript. I always wondered how to spell that!
(and, surprisingly, even Google's spell-check accepts it, without that red squiggly line. So it must be right!)
I don't have cable, so I'll have to wait for this to come out on DVD...
I am American.... my computer's pretty ancient, though (going on 10 years!) and lately, it's been slowing down with really big media files. But I can give it a shot.
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But someone has either been disabled since birth -- or at least since before entering (pre-) school -- has a very different (imnsho) life experience. Because when people say to those kids: "I pray for a miracle for you," or "hoping science finds a cure for you," those people really are talking about erasing that disabled person's identity (frankly, through my late adolescence, I'd indulge in angst-ridden daydreams about being cured of my CP against my will, and how the hell would I deal with that, and how freaky and terrifying it would be ( ... )
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And it's okay that I'd hate them, because that alone would support the idea that people in chairs are people rather than ideals!
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(Although I love Tiphany. Love love love love love her, boring relationship problems and all.)
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the pilot spends too much time on what accident or illness disabled the cast members - a topic of fascination to able-bodied people - accompanied by that musical note designed to indicate sinister tidings: "DJGHOOOOOOOM."
...And thanks for the transcript. I always wondered how to spell that!
(and, surprisingly, even Google's spell-check accepts it, without that red squiggly line. So it must be right!)
I don't have cable, so I'll have to wait for this to come out on DVD...
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The pilot is up there (which is how I watched it; I don't have cable, either):
http://www.hulu.com/watch/365468
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Thanks for the link!
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