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PSA for writers:

Let me first give a couple examples of the horrible "Magic Legs" trope!

Professor Xavier in the #Xmen series could walk for most of season 2 because *on Genosha his powers were suppressed... Therefore he could walk*

My goodness that's so damn ridiculous
Maybe don't write a plot where you send a wheelchair user to a tropical island with no wheelchair access! How hard is that?!

So let's discuss how this ridiculous trope is why people think disabled people will be magically healed!
How this trope has contributed to people actually pulling disabled people out of their chairs and taking away their mobility aids because abled people think we just need the right motivation or situation to be normal!
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