Disability disclosure-the ins and outs of there being no real proper way to enact the public’s understanding of a predicament only truly understood by the plagued. An act of disclosure becomes a “dance of perturbation and response,” meaning the writer puts something into the world, and the world responds, often unpredictably. I enjoyed her matter of fact tone, not one to beat about.
Kershbaum underlines three main purposes for disability disclosure(academically).
-Building Community
-Illustrating Theory
-Claiming Identity
Upon ingesting this piece, I became wrapped up in the infinity of nuance one must undergo when attempting to disclose their disability, without marring their message, image, or composure. The idea that you could disclose it flawlessly, with a smooth, collected action, only to be met with a coagulation of condescending responses(half conscious, half subconscious) is a bit disheartening. So is our world, is it not?
The format did make me feel. Surprised. Taken aback. Flummoxed. This isn’t fair.
Now. Different format of expression, addressing an adjacent facet of the same umbrella phenom: discrimination.
So, a Twine game, basically. I found this one to depict the jarringly marginal nature of the healthcare system very well due mostly to it’s format, and partially to the nature of the language used. It certainly is structured to resonate with the reader in a tangible fashion, one which drives the message home deeper. Although perhaps a bit less well rounded than Kershbaum’s in terms of in depth explanations, it offered more soul to the reader. Also, it’s a game, so naturally, higher retention is almost a definite.
Now, in tandem please.
Obviously, the intention of each piece was to invite discussion on what it means to disclose personal events and struggles that frame a larger issue, and whether they’re effective at doing so. The personification of society’s pitfalls; a very common form of expression. One’s ability to utilize agency is displayed, then questioned, then deployed again. I’m not going to sit here and reach out to try and corroborate these pieces to past items, as they all share traits, as everything in our world does. it is certain that all pieces used this semester have been different modes of rhetoric, all trying to persuade, to teach, to entertain, hiding behind the facade of their topics being “morally just” or “progressive”. At the end of the day, they are all simply varying forms of propaganda, just as the words you read now are. And that’s okay. I do enjoy discourse upon agency, why some have more and some have less, why we are afforded different privileges based on false sequitives.
And so, in that way, I know that such works are important, as what do we have, if not the agency to discuss, to disagree, and the right to utilize the machine’s rhetoric to our favour. Exploration through dissemination.
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