This is a narrative about embodiment, difference, and, most of all, pain. What happens when the body is broken and pain becomes the center of one’s daily life? How does one learn to accept disability? Written at the intersection of arts-based inquiry and autoethnography, I utilize poetry to communicate the transformation of my mind and body after a car accident forced me to reevaluate how I understood embodiment.
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