Sorry Unexpected Analysis

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Dave Hingsburger has been a blogger since October 2006, after reviewing the blogs it seems that Dave has two sides of the spectrum. Dave did not always have a disability, in fact he has only been disabled for a little over 3 years. In his blogs Dave gives off a perspective of being disabled but not having to move like it. In several blogs Dave demonstrates the social adapted model of disability, which is defined as “States although a person's disability poses some limitations in an able-bodied society, oftentimes the surrounding society and environment are more limiting than the disability itself.” The blog titled Sorry Unexpected explains how David has a hard time getting out of a pharmacy because of its narrow lanes, basically implying the

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