Katie McAlister’s Reviews > Just by Looking at Him > Status Update
Katie McAlister
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“I don’t see myself on screens, and I also don’t see other disabled people around me in real life… You can’t measure the psychic toll exacted on someone when they’ve never interacted with a single person who looks and acts like them. Why don’t people care about disabled people? How am I supposed to care about myself when no one else does?”
— Aug 17, 2026 09:17AM
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Katie McAlister
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“Are big butts a cerebral palsy thing? You know, from all the limping we have to do? Someone get Nancy Drew on the case.”
— 20 hours, 39 min ago
Katie McAlister
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“… People choose not to deal with disability because deep down they know it will happen to them. It’s like aging… We can’t bear to see what’s eventually coming for us. We’ll do anything to delay the inevitable. Lotions, potions, bring it on baby. When people see someone disabled, the illusion is punctured.”
— Aug 17, 2026 09:19AM
Katie McAlister
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“In school, I was the only disabled kid, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was engaging in some kind of able-bodied cosplay. Constantly surrounded by people whose lives looked nothing like mine…”
— Aug 14, 2026 09:03PM
Katie McAlister
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“There’s no guide on how to be an adult with CP. You’re just kinda set out to pasture.”
— Aug 14, 2026 08:54PM
Katie McAlister
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“Having cerebral palsy and a limp means people love to inquire about my well-being… I work very hard to appear palatable, easy to digest, the crostini of disability.”
— Aug 07, 2026 01:58PM