Documenting the Disability, Determination and Dexterity in Socio- Cultural Perspective in Christy Brown's My Left Foot.

Abstract

This paper entitled “Documenting the Disability, Determination and Dexterity in socio- cultural perspective” in Christy Brown's “My Left Foot”, based on Disability Studies that explores the meaning, nature and aftereffect of disability. At first the field concentrated on the division between “impairment" and "disability", where impairment is a cripple of an individual's mind or body, while disability was considered as a social construct. The novel “My Left Foot” is an autobiographical work of a Cerebral Palsy victim, who could only communicate with the world around him with his left foot. It is not only an amazing account of the determination which can be stronger than any disability but also a revelation of the utmost need of the human soul to escape from every sort of prison. The article reveals the evidence to one man's courage and hope. And it documents the writer's discovery of artistic talent, made possible by a growing dexterity and determination to communicate with the outside world. The paper also depicts the love and support of the family members, who denied societies, norms and assumptions, refused to give up on one of their own. It unknowingly paved the way for sufferers of Cerebral Palsy and other disabilities to be seen , heard and understood.