Disability in Wonderland

<p> Adult-directed utopian fiction has historically rejected depictions of persons with disabilities underrepresenting a community that comprises an estimated 15% of the world's population. From the earliest stories of utopias written for and about children however persons with disabilities have been included in abundance and are central to classic narratives like <I>The Wizard of Oz</I> and <I>Winnie the Pooh.</I> In a perfect world centered on children and their caretakers these works argue characters with a diverse range of bodies and minds must flourish. Spanning from Lewis Carroll's 1865 <I>Alice in Wonderland</I> to Jordan Peele's 2019 film <I>Us</I> this examination of the wonderland demonstrates the role that bodily and neurological diversity plays in an ever-popular subgenre.</p>