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This research paper attempts to examine notions of normalcy in a diverse set of texts such as 21st Chromosomes and Other Narratives (2017), a few children’s literary texts such as Clumsy (2016), Why are You Afraid to Hold my Hand? (2005), Abba’s Day (2016), Wings to Fly (2015), I Didn’t Understand (2018), and Machher Jhol (2018), in which ‘disability’ on the one hand is labelled, judged, criticised, and on the other, embraced and normalised. The paper examines concepts such as ‘acceptance’, ‘labelling’, and stereotypes connected to a person with disability by the society and its consequences in the Indian context. India being a country of multiple cultures and vast differences, several stereotypes are attached to the concept of disability. Apart from the aspects of disability, people with disability also tend to combat gender concerns. Societal perspectives on the disabled are extensively studied through these texts.
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Jaiprakash, A. (2023). Notions of Normalcy and Changing Definitions: Defeating Stereotypes and Creating Acceptance of Disability. In: Uniyal, R., Rizvi, F. (eds) Understanding Disability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4925-0_9
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