This is a Shitty First Drafts for Disability Myth Project. Myths are ideas that we believe to be factual, but are not true. To help you put it in context, my friend have two PhDs. he did not have to compensate for his deafness, but he did because he had internalized society’s stigma and shame that came with being deaf.

*** My myth is Overcoming or
Compensation: I am using The Butterfly Circus [Short Film HD] By Nick Vujicic as primary source. Mainly focusing on 13:00 – 17:00mins of the film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ni22kU8SM&t=902s

– it is not about having a great ability to overcome a situation; it is about normalizing a disability (in other words, erasing it, which is not always good)

description:  The person with a disability overcomes their impairment through hard work or has some special talent that offsets their deficiencies. Shapiro calls this figure the
super crip.

Example: In Homer himself, we are to recognize a blind man who is a gifted poet and seer, his great memory and his story-weaving capabilities making up for his defect.

** I am attaching files that will be helpful to write the paper:

Secondary source:
– * J.L. Williams, Reality, Normality, Sexuality: Authentic Portrayals of the Freak (See the attached.)

– * Wendy Chrisman, A Reflection on Inspiration(see attachment)

– * Dolmage, Jay Timothy. Interchapter: An Archive and Anatomy of Disability Myths. Disability Rhetoric. Syracuse University P, 2013, pp. 31-61 (see attachment)

– * Jessica Lindenberg, The Butterfly Circus: is Inspirational Positive or Negative? (see the link below)

https://culturesofdisability.wordpress.com/2017/02/15/the-butterfly-circus-is-inspirational-positive-or-negative-jessica-lindenberg/

*** I am also attaching paper #2 and paper #3 where I explained how I wanted to use the primary and secondary source.

*** I am attaching how I shitty paper will be help you to understand the importance of the paper
*** I am attaching old shitty paper so it can help you with the formatting
*** I am attaching rubric so it can guide you.

*** Citation MLA