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Stand-up comedian Jacob Nossell, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as an infant, is on a quest to comprehend the concept of normality while challenging his own lack of skills. By staging a four-act play supplied with information from his family, scientists, philosophers, and actors, he attempts to figure out what the meaning of life is for him and others like him.
Director: Christian Sønderby Jepsen
Share NATURAL DISORDER with others, and challenge communal views around normality. In the words of Jacob himself, “Don’t go and see the film expecting to get to know more about a Korean spastic but to know more about your own abnormality. You don’t have to discuss me so much. Discuss yourselves!”
Learn more about cerebral palsy and what this disability entails. The Cerebral Palsy Guide offers plenty of information, while their Just Say Hi campaign breaks the boundaries between normal and abnormal.
Understand people as individuals, encouraging acceptance and inclusion and being mindful of the language you use. Cerebralpalsy.org offers an informative article on disability etiquette.
Watch Kim Jong-II’s Comedy Club, winner of the 2009 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, in which Jacob travels to North Korea to challenge the concepts of disability in a country that allegedly kills off disabled infants.
Read it on Cincy World Cinema.
“A few years back, Sarah’s* family wrestled with the decision of whether or not to sterilize her intellectually disabled granddaughter. At 13, Karen was not only struggling to deal emotionally with her period, but had also been the victim of sexual assault. The family knew that if another assault occurred, and the girl fell pregnant, she would not be able to care for the child.”
Continue reading on VICE.
Golfer Tiger Woods has been criticised for saying he played like ‘a spaz’. Can using the word ever be right?
Continue reading here.
British scientists are getting permission to alter embryos’ DNA. We have the chance to correct devastating diseases in the womb, so let’s get on with it
Read more on the Guardian.
“Books are an amazing way to spend meaningful time with your child, while also providing an opportunity for them to learn more about their condition and the ways it can impact their life.”
Find out more here.
“It used to be said that South Korea’s biggest export was babies – Korean children, unwanted in their own land, were adopted by loving new parents outside the country, particularly in the United States. And then the law was changed.”
Read the full article on BBC.
“Abnormality is the significant deviation from commonly accepted patterns of behavior, emotion or thought, while normality is the absence of illness and the presence of state of well being otherwise called normalcy..”
Find out more on Big Think.
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