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Hexzonna had Cerebral Palsy, she couldn’t walk without a walker, oder eat without a G-tube, so she turned them into imaginary friends. It was becoming clear to Hexzonna that having these things made her different, and she didn’t want to be different! Her parents could sense that as well. Right now she was lying on the floor of the playroom with the toy box and her gray tabby-mix cat Zelda. Her imagination was the only thing that kept her company while petting Zelda. Why if only her parents could see Kacoia, then they would know how much she could do because Kacoia could conform to her differences...

Alice in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is dreaming and there is no way for me as a reader to tell what physical abilities she may have while awake; could Alice have a physical disability? Could Alice’s dream be so vivid because she is also Autistic? As an Autistic reader with Cerebral Palsy, I think yes, in this paper I will interpret Alice as physically disabled and Autistic.
There are some passages that I find interesting as they seem to be confirming my theory. Thinking about getting into the garden requires a certain amount of steps, which can be a problem for autistic...