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\u201cStop faking for attention,\u201d he said, loud enough for everyone to hear, loud enough for the neighbors three houses down to hear. \u201cThe act is getting old,\u00a0Marcus<\/span><\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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I lay there on the sun-baked concrete of my aunt\u2019s patio in\u00a0Naperville, Illinois<\/span><\/strong>. My wheelchair was tipped on its side two feet away, one wheel still spinning slowly in the July heat. My right leg was twisted at an angle that sent lightning bolts of pain up my spine\u2014the kind of pain I\u2019d learned to breathe through over the past twenty-six months, the kind that made my vision white out at the edges.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cStop faking for attention,\u201d he said, loud enough for everyone to hear, loud enough for the neighbors three houses down to hear. \u201cThe act is getting old,\u00a0Marcus.\u201d I lay there on the sun-baked concrete of my aunt\u2019s patio in\u00a0Naperville, Illinois. My wheelchair was tipped on its side two feet away, one wheel still spinning slowly…<\/p>\n

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