The last poses the play's central question when he aggressively asks Sylvia, a propos sign-language: "How can you feel a feeling unless you have the word for it?" Raine's play provides an answer by implying that excessive verbalisation can become a disability.
Whilst this had the desired effect of eliminating the Trendelenburg gait (in which the pelvis tilts in the opposite direction), some surgeons erroneously increased the abduction angle (and consequently the post-osteotomy angulation) to such an excessive degree that it became a disability.
It's a true story starring temp Spider-man Andrew Garfield as Robin Cavendish, a man who is given three months to live following a polio diagnosis and uses his remaining time to become a disability activist.
(Klein's parents moved to British Columbia after Bonnie's stroke, because the weather made it easier to get around in a wheelchair; Bonnie has become a disability-rights activist. Seth also lives in British Columbia, working on poverty issues for a think tank).
A disability becomes a problem in sports when there are regulations against them.
By 1984, Mondale's disdain for the small screen had become a huge disability, and with each election the centrality of television has grown.
"We always say we create a plateau in the studio where people's disability becomes a gift.
Disability becomes a "master status," preventing people from playing any adult social role and eclipsing sex, race, age, occupation, or family (Goffman, 1963; Gliedman and Roth, 1980).
If disability becomes a part of your family's life, wouldn't you hope to be exposed to diverse and optimistic options for a happy future?
I've learned that the sooner I make them comfortable with me, the more quickly we connect on a human level and any disability becomes a secondary issue.
