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Article: MIT alum and stroke survivor biked 4,500 Miles across the US
Kes: The fact that disability, permanent or temporary, and its "rehabilitation" is framed as a battle, both physical and moral, rife with words such as "courageous" "and overcoming," still remains the major focus and the very language of disability. Identity and the individual's unique response to the disability and how it affects or changes them is rarely addressed because it does not serve that battle narrative. The battle narrative is useful because if the disabled person fails to fully recover/rehabilitate themselves, it's that person's failure, moral as well as physical, to win the battle. If you bring in identity and other social factors, that negates the simplicity of the battle narrative.
OCT 19, 2022
JULIE FOX
“The emotional journey is so important, and there’s not enough emphasis placed on that,” says Meyerson. “Recovery is more than rehabilitation.”....
As a professor at Stanford, Meyerson’s work focused on gender and diversity—both of which involve critical issues of identity—and she found herself revisiting those academic roots after the stroke. “It was during that period of being lost that Deb re-anchored back on what she knew as an academic about identity and how important that sense of self and who you are and who you want to be is to live a full life,” explains Zuckerman. “...
Writing the book took more than five years. Released in 2019, Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke helped Meyerson navigate her own personal identity crisis, she says.
https://alum.mit.edu/slice/see-why-stroke-survivor-biked-4500-miles-across-us
OCT 19, 2022
JULIE FOX
“The emotional journey is so important, and there’s not enough emphasis placed on that,” says Meyerson. “Recovery is more than rehabilitation.”....
As a professor at Stanford, Meyerson’s work focused on gender and diversity—both of which involve critical issues of identity—and she found herself revisiting those academic roots after the stroke. “It was during that period of being lost that Deb re-anchored back on what she knew as an academic about identity and how important that sense of self and who you are and who you want to be is to live a full life,” explains Zuckerman. “...
Writing the book took more than five years. Released in 2019, Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke helped Meyerson navigate her own personal identity crisis, she says.
https://alum.mit.edu/slice/see-why-stroke-survivor-biked-4500-miles-across-us