Supercrip
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A disabled person, particularly an athlete, who achieves exceptional success or accomplishments in spite of the challenges they face, serving as an inspiration to others.
"Roosevelt was the quintessential American "supercrip," to use a term coined by disability activists."
- 2 A disabled fictional character with extraordinary abilities or superpowers.
"Yet because of the history and proliferation of the supercrip in films in television shows – not only with autism but supercrips with other disabilities as well – viewers are primed for the supercrip autistic and are therefore not expecting (in some ways) a view of autism that comes across to many in the autism community as more realistic or honest."
Example
More examples"Roosevelt was the quintessential American "supercrip," to use a term coined by disability activists."
Etymology
From super- + crip.
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