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book Keywords for Disability Studies
by Petra Kuppers

You get up in the morning and go about your routine. The neighbor across the street stands at the window and watches you reaching down from your wheelchair with your grabbing tool to pick up the paper.

This essay may be found on page 137 of the printed volume.

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