AngelRose Posted December 13, 2005 Report Posted December 13, 2005 Mikey must have been whilst I wasn't watching. I can't believe I forgot Angel!
MarMar Posted December 13, 2005 Report Posted December 13, 2005 Nick was in a wheelchair for a while. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, and he became epileptic.
AngelRose Posted December 13, 2005 Report Posted December 13, 2005 Irene has to cope with the disease of alcoholism as did Kit.
Dan F Posted December 13, 2005 Report Posted December 13, 2005 Seb's now in a wheelchair - but of course he left as soon as it happened
Liz Posted December 13, 2005 Report Posted December 13, 2005 Both Shannon and Jade were anorectic <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Jade was bulemic for a while, as was her ballerina friend, Melissa.
AngelRose Posted December 13, 2005 Report Posted December 13, 2005 At least in the Aus & the UK isn't Alf controling something or other with meds?
sxc_detective_baker Posted December 13, 2005 Report Posted December 13, 2005 i think i should be in home and away and have a diabilty because i had a sstroke and connot use my left arm due to this. i think i would be able to get ric or kim to make feel better though
breezer Posted December 13, 2005 Report Posted December 13, 2005 A lot of the issues you have highlighted - such as anorexia and bullimia are not disabilities. I don't think there has ever been a regular disabled character on H&A - and I mean people that arrived with a disability and left with one. I did not class the likes of Nick and Angel as having disabilities - they had an accident which caused temporary problems, although H&A did handle the subject well and the difficulties they may have faced - but they were both completely fine after a few weeks/months. Whilst that is great news for the character, it is just an easy way out for the writers. However, this is mostly true to all soaps, writers do not seem to kow where to take a disabled character, much like if a character is gay - it is often all about them being gay rather than their actual character and likewise if a character has a disability. I think this will start to change soon, people are getting bored of the same old love triangles in soaps (in my opinion) and using characters/actors with disabilities is pretty unexplored territory. Breezer
Cat3 Posted December 13, 2005 Report Posted December 13, 2005 There was a topic on this a few months ago. What about that school boy [ i forgoten he's name ] he was in love with sally.
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