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'I've been wanting to write about non-normative body and an elusive word has been stalling me. What is it to be - distopic'? 'Dystrophic' ? 'distropic'? distopia is a place - a society - or condition 'in which everything is as bad as possible (OED). Dystrophia refers to defective Nourishment (OED: dystrophic is a term reserved for lakes particularly laden with dissolved organic matter). The dystrophy in 'muscular dystrophy' refers more to atrophy than what my mind insists to me 'dystrophy' should refer to. But what is that?...' (Introduction)
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Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability Various - Marfan syndrome, malfunctioning leg, osteoarthritis. Type of character Primary. Point of view First person.
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