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To Kut, With Love Contents List of Figures and Tables viii Preface x Acknowledgments xiii Transcription Conventions xv 1 Inclusion in (Inter)action 1 2 Methodology and Research Background 27 3 Inclusion through Microsoft PowerPoint 55 4 Inclusion through Hypothetical Narratives 88 5 Inclusion through Discourse 120 6 Inclusion through Yahoo Chatrooms 152 7 Disability and Agency Redefined 186 Notes 196 References 202 Index 215 vii List of Figures and Tables Figures 2.1 Cover of The Challenge (2001) 31 2.2 Cover of The Challenge (2002) 34 2.3 Bleak reality of disability 35 2.4 Bank advertisement 37 2.5 Corporate advertisement 38 2.6 Retired teacher with physical disability 39 2.7 Yahya’s story (slide show 1) 44 2.8 Yahya’s story (slide show 2) 44 2.9 Yahya’s story (slide show 3) 45 2.10 Yahya’s story (slide show 4) 45 2.11 Yahya’s story (slide show 5) 45 2.12 Yahya’s story (slide show 6) 46 2.13 Yahya’s 2012 stance (snapshot 1) 47 2.14 Yahya’s 2012 stance (snapshot 2) 48 2.15 Yahya’s 2012 stance (snapshot 3) 48 3.1 Video (Action) 1: showcasing capability 60 3.2 Video (Action) 2: car accident (slide show 1- A) 62 3.3 Video (Action) 2: car accident (slide show 1- B) 62 3.4 Video (Action) 2: car accident (slide show 2) 63 3.5 Video (Action) 3: disability and body 64 3.6 Video (Action) 4: discourse of manhood 66 3.7 Video (Action) 5: discourse of desire 67 3.8 Video (Action) 6: happy birthday 68 3.9 Video (Action) 7: happy anniversary 69 3.10 Video (Action) 8: happy new year 70 3.11 Video (Action) 9: God is just 71 viii List of Figures and Tables ix 3.12 Video (Action) 10: request for action 73 3.13 Video (Action) 11: vow of silence 75 3.14 Video (Action) 12: precious dear self 76 3.15 Video (Action) 13: good bye 77 3.16 Video (Action) 14: misery (slide show 1) 78 3.17 Video (Action) 14: misery (slide show 2) 79 3.18 Video (Action) 15: alone but not lonely 81 3.19 Video (Action) 16: never give up 82 3.20 Video (Action) 17: the hawk is back 84 7.1 Yahya’s view of himself (2013) 194 Table 5.1 Inclusion and exclusion in interaction 148