Representation of disability and childhood trauma in what happened to you and a helping hand
Keywords:
disability, childhood trauma, suppressed psycheAbstract
Children with disabilities are more prone to be traumatized, especially when they happen to recall painful experiences from their pasts that might have proximities to their impairments. Authentic representation of disability is lacking in literature targeting children and young adults.Authors with disabilities have to undergo many hindrances for publishing their literary works. The study aims to critically analyze the two texts by comparing the representation of characters with disabilities by disabled, and non-disabled writers. The study shows that there is misrepresentation in characterisation and use of language in the narrative by a non-disabled author. Diversity in children’s literature is given the required justice only when readers, both disabled and non-disabled are able to see and relate themselves in the books that they read. It is important to educate young readers to socialize with disabled people, and to create awareness regarding the suppressed psyche of people with disabilities and to let their voices be heard.
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