"On Being a Cripple" by Nancy Mairs

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Mairs, woman with MS, sensitive, self-conscious

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falling again

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anyone who will listen, people who don’t know what it’s like to be a “cripple”

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explains who she sees herself as

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allusions, anecdotes

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frank, humorous, and serious

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the author goes into extreme detail about the way she interacts with others

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style