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Inspiration Porn “It’s a portrayal of people with disabilities as one-dimensional saints who only exist to warm the hearts and open the minds of ablebodied people. ” SOUTHWEST ADA CENTER REGIONAL AFFILIATE – ARKANSAS • UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS – PARTNERS FOR INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES

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Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does. Stella Young SOUTHWEST ADA CENTER REGIONAL AFFILIATE – ARKANSAS • UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS – PARTNERS FOR INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES

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