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  2. Disability pretender - Wikipedia

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    This form of pretending (where a devotee derives pleasure by pretending to be a disabled woman) may indicate a very broad predisposition to pretending among devotees. Pretending includes dressing and acting in ways typical of disabled people, including making use of aids ( glasses , hearing aids , braces , canes , inhalers , walking sticks ...

  3. Attraction to disability - Wikipedia

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    American Horror Story: Freak Show features Elsa Mars (Jessica Lange), a German woman who had her legs amputated in an acrotomophilic film while working as a prostitute in Weimar Germany. Katawa Shoujo, a visual novel based on dating disabled girls. Dexter, a TV show in which a serial killer prosthetist is attracted to amputation.

  4. Abasiophilia - Wikipedia

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    Abasiophilia is a psychosexual attraction to people with impaired mobility, especially those who use orthopaedic appliances such as leg braces, orthopedic casts, or wheelchairs. [1] The term abasiophilia was first used by John Money of the Johns Hopkins University in a paper on paraphilias , in 1990.

  5. Paraplegic bride walks down the aisle, shares moment on ... - AOL

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    On September 20th, Katie walked down the aisle in two leg braces flanked on either side by her father and her trainer Mike Barwis. Katie told Today that she was more nervous than she expected.

  6. Jane Froman - Wikipedia

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    She wore a leg brace and used a wheelchair after having had 13 operations for her injuries. [17] She underwent 39 operations over the years and fought amputation and wore a leg brace the remainder of her life. Froman returned to Europe and entertained American troops in 1945. Despite having to walk with crutches, she gave 95 shows throughout ...

  7. List of children's books featuring characters with limb ...

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    The author has written versions of this story with various protagonists, including: a boy missing fingers on his left hand, a girl with a prosthetic left leg, and a boy with a prosthetic right leg. 2019 Picture book Avery Takes the Stage [10] Kristen Silva Various versions of this book. Sophia: prosthetic left leg.

  8. The Surprising Origins of 'Break a Leg'—and Why Performers ...

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    Some theater history buffs think "break a leg" might be a cousin of the German phrase "Hals- und Beinbruch," which means "neck and leg break." Others connect it to the Hebrew blessing "hatzlakha u ...

  9. Freak the Mighty - Wikipedia

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    Freak the Mighty is a young adult novel by Rodman Philbrick.Published in 1993, it was followed by the novel Max the Mighty in 1998. The primary characters are friends Maxwell Kane, a large, developmentally disabled, but kind-hearted boy, and Kevin Avery, nicknamed "Freak", who is physically disabled but very intelligent.