![]() ![]() Most of her interactions are online, including the class in architecture that she’s taking, the short book reviews she posts, and the SCID support group she’s in. Maddie’s used to only seeing a few people in person: Her mother, who is also a doctor Carla, her nurse and Rosa, Carla’s daughter. ![]() Maddy has severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), and as she says, if she left the house, she’d probably risk “spontaneous combustion.”Īnd risk, which is something Maddy has been purposefully avoided her entire life, is the main hook of Everything, Everything. The film Everything, Everything (based on the novel of the same name by Nicola Yoon) centers on Maddy Whittier, an 18-year-old who hasn’t left her house once in 17 years. In this op-ed, Alaina Leary explores the representation of the disabled experience in popular culture. ![]()
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