Disability and Epilepsy Articles and Analysis

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Topic One: Analysis of Articles
Essay One
1 Prince had epilepsy too
In 2009, he talked about his epilepsy publicly for the first time.
2 Prince was a walking disability poetics
Prince had Sparkle Brain. Sparkle Brain is a walking disability poetics
3 Sparkle Brain is intersectional
When the writer was in school, he saw a boy with attributes similar to those of Prince
4 If you want to get away with rape, rape an epileptic. Nobody believes it.
One day a teacher put his hand in her pants and told her that nobody could believe her at home even if she reported. Epileptic people have a poor memory and they are all liars
5 Prince was addicted to drugs. It was sad if he died of overdose.
Addiction to drugs is a disability. They reported that he died of drug overdose.
Analysis of how the author connects claims
The primary argument that the writer raises in this essay is that the epileptic people have rights, but society denies them those rights. He uses the example of Prince who is said to have died of drug addiction. The writer argues that Prince must have died of epilepsy. All the claims are supported by evidence from both prince and mainstream media. Even though some claims are far away from the evidence, the relationship among claims lead to the conclusion that epileptic people are oppressed.
Essay Two
1 When you are disabled, peop...