Soaps are starting to show the messy reality of coming to terms with disability

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Soaps are starting to show the messy reality of coming to terms with disability
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'By delving deeper into the emotional and psychological aspects of this experience, soaps are starting to confront the messy and ugly truths that disabled individuals often face.' I ✍️ Melissa Parker

Hollyoaks has taken a bold step by tackling the emotional and psychological impact of

The storyline follows Joel as he grapples with overwhelming emotions after his diagnosis. He goes through shock, denial, anger, and sadness. We’re so often told to ‘get on’ with it — bury it, bottle it. But this is a right-in-your-face, unflinching human honesty. As Joel notes from a hospital bed, it’s easy to see life in black and white, Normal and different—especially when it’s all you’re trained for.

But humanising the experiences of characters like Joel and others’ challenges societal expectations, and shows it raw and unfiltered. Of it, and the small important moments it represents, Cherylee Houston who, at 23, was diagnosed with 23 that she was diagnosed with the rare connective tissue disorder, Hypermobility Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, remarked: ‘It’s really lovely because what that did was show the non-disabled person’s point of view who’s just become disabled, and it also showed the non-disabled person’s point of view who’s watching it.

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