before it left Netflix, but the Revolutionary-War drama provided as close to a binge-watch as your Bohemian Crip is most likely to attempt. Generally, it's about the journey, people, though maybe I wish I'd started on this one a bit faster.
Relevant to our interests here, however is the revelation that some of Benedict Arnold's bitterness was related to a battlefield disability sustained while taking big risks. He was very intrepid, and in his way, an early self-advocate, saving his own leg from the then-customary field amputation, at the cost of a painful and lengthy recovery. Not sure if this counts as *good* representation as between the treachery and the bitterness, General Arnold...essentially laid down an historical basis/template for every comic-book villain, ever, but I think it's important to remember that, although what we might face is new, disability has been present throughout time.(and maybe we haven't had the full story about him, it's true.)
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