Stories tagged “Disability”
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He's Got More Courage In His Chin
In 2005, one of my vertebral discs was a bit smooshed and needed to be cut back from hitting my spinal cord. When I came out of surgery, I couldn’t feel my legs much, nor move my feet. I was taken to a rehabilitation clinic for physical therapy. ...
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All the Colors In This Dark Room
There’s a clatter on the far end of the room, maybe from the kitchen. Laughter to my left, a woman coughs by the bar. The clock hits twelve. Midnight, that is. The magic hour. The rules dissolve, the music kicks up, and the pulse flows through ev...
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Spilt.
“Did you know that Woody Harrelson, you know Woody Harrelson he’s been in many films … I particularly liked him in Seven Pounds where he played a blind man. Well did you know that his father was a murderer for hire?” My interest...