Michelle Renee Kidwell
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Abled does not mean enabled. Disabled does not mean less abled.” ― Khang Kijarro Nguyen
Fighting to end ableism, one, poem, story, article at a time. Will you join me?
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Disability Representation in Children’s Literature Is Crucial:
The Cooperative Book Center reported in 2019 that only 3.4 percent of children's books feature disabled main characters, whereas 26 percent of the population is disabled. There is a disheartening lack of representation. This sends a negative message to children with disabilities or those who have friends or loved ones with disabilities. .A message that those with disabilities are not worth writing about, at least not in a way that sheds light on the fact that they want the same as everyone else, and like everyone else, they deserve representation.
By Michelle Renee Kidwellabout a year ago in Journal
What Can We Learn From Bones (Revised)
Fox aired Bones from 2005 to 2017, a television show that is still popular in syndication today. Despite what you may say about crime shows, I feel there was something special about Temperance Brennan, played by Emily Deschanel, who rocked the role. We notice from the first episode that Dr Brennan is a little different, she’s extremely intelligent but has a very low emotional EQ and is more than a little awkward socially. According to an interview with Hart Hanson by Screen Rant, he based Temperance Character on a friend with Asperger’s Syndrome. However, it was only alluded to and never really addressed. The way they handled this was definitely something I felt could have been improved.
By Michelle Renee Kidwellabout a year ago in Journal
Like a Letter Written in the Sand Part One Revised
Part One (Revised) It had been six weeks since her world had been turned upside down. A month had passed since he’d declared his love for her. However, the memories of being trapped in that car, for what seemed like an eternity, she’d have flashbacks of the truck coming at her. Out of control, the impact crushed her car like an accordion, crushing her legs. Later Anna-leis would learn that the driver of the truck had an alcohol level over three times the legal limit, a fact that left Anna-leis seething with anger, and left Clarence wanting to do something to protect Anna-leis, but he couldn’t protect her from an idiot getting behind the wheel so wasted, he couldn’t protect her, not the way he wanted to, and at the time he had nearly lost her, he hadn’t found the courage to tell her how much he loved her, that happened when he was sitting next to her hospital bed two weeks after he had gotten the call she’d been flown to New Hope Hospital, the hospital most equipped to deal with her severe injuries. He’d kept vigil by her bedside for two weeks, praying he wouldn’t lose her. No one had ever made him feel the way she did. He would risk his life for her.
By Michelle Renee Kidwell2 years ago in Fiction
