Disabilities and Perceptions About Them Shaped by Literature and Cinema

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In eight pages this paper discusses how perceptions and attitudes regarding individuals with disabilities have been influenced by literature and cinema in a consideration of Retarded Isn't Stupid, Mom! by Sandra Z. Kaufman and the films Children of a Lesser God, What's Eating Gilbert Grape and The Miracle Worker. Four sources are cited in the bibliography.