Ellen Simon

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Brides walking down aisles are symbols of purity and goodness and beauty; we see them as the promise of the beginning of life. Mobility aids are sad symbols of defeat and disease; we see them as the promise of old age, the end. The mixing of these two symbols unsettles.
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
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