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Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ and Hollywood’s Misunderstanding of Disability

ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK

The Marvel movie’s antagonist suffers from chronic pain. Instead of exploring a way for her to cope, the film simply conjures up a magic cure and ableist tropes about disability.

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