Every cripple a superhero
Keller, Christoph, 1963-2022
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Most stories of disability follow a familiar pattern: Life Before Accident. Life After Accident. For Christoph Keller, it was different: his childhood diagnosis with a form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy only revealed what had been with him since birth. SMA III, the 'kindest one', allows those who have it to live a long life, and it progresses slowly. There is no cure. By the age of 25, he had to use a wheelchair some of the time. 'There were two of me: Walking Me. Rolling Me.' By 32, he could still walk into a restaurant with a cane or on somebody's arm. At 45, 'Rolling Me' took over altogether. Intimate, absurdist and winningly frank, 'Every Cripple a Superhero' is at once a memoir of life with a progressive disorder, and a profound exploration of the challenges of loving, being loved, and living a public life - navigating restaurants, aeroplanes, museums and artists' retreats - in a world not designed for you.
Main title:
Every cripple a superhero / Christoph Keller.
Author:
Keller, Christoph, 1963-, author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2022.
Collation:
208 pages ; 19 cm
ISBN:
9780241593219 (hbk)
Dewey class:
362.196744B KEL362.196
LC class:
RC935.A8
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3110194