Why do the heroes of "THE FILM FREAKS" all have disabilities?
I have been asked that same question so many times, so I thought it time to answer it.
The reason all of the characters in this book have astounding disabilities is because I wanted to write a book that showed disabled people in a non-stereotypical way.
In so many books disabled characters are portrayed as weak or pathetic. However, having worked in schools with people who have disabilities for so many years I have learnt that the opposite is true. Many people who have a disability are actually incredibly tough, they often have to be in order to navigate the world that we live in.
An autistic student that I once worked with also told me that he did not like reading or even watching TV because nothing was ever written for him.
This gave me the inspiration to write a hero novel where instead of having super powers like Marvel's Avengers, my characters would be the antithesis of that. They would use their personal disabilities in the only way that they could because they did not have a choice.
Their very disabilities would be the reason that they would be tasked with trying to save the town of Dorchester in Dorset, when something goes terribly wrong, threatening humanity itself.
The reason all of the characters in this book have astounding disabilities is because I wanted to write a book that showed disabled people in a non-stereotypical way.
In so many books disabled characters are portrayed as weak or pathetic. However, having worked in schools with people who have disabilities for so many years I have learnt that the opposite is true. Many people who have a disability are actually incredibly tough, they often have to be in order to navigate the world that we live in.
An autistic student that I once worked with also told me that he did not like reading or even watching TV because nothing was ever written for him.
This gave me the inspiration to write a hero novel where instead of having super powers like Marvel's Avengers, my characters would be the antithesis of that. They would use their personal disabilities in the only way that they could because they did not have a choice.
Their very disabilities would be the reason that they would be tasked with trying to save the town of Dorchester in Dorset, when something goes terribly wrong, threatening humanity itself.
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