Wheelchair Representation on Netflix

All too often in movies and tv shows, people with disabilities, especially wheelchair users, are presented as flat and one-dimensional characters. Basically reducing a person down to only their disability and the fact that they use a wheelchair. They are usually only present to act as a plot-driver to "inspire" main characters or presented as a "tragedy." Not to mention that many present wheelchairs and other mobility aids as burdens, when it reality a wheelchair is FREEDOM and allows for participation in the community. Unfortunately there are plenty of examples of these tropes in the media. I won't ruin it if you haven't seen it, but the season 3 Cobra Kai arc is garbage and…

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