The paper explores the evolution of the image of disabled people in Western culture, from negative positioning in religion, medicine, and ethics to the self-awareness awakening and civil rights movement of disabled people in the mid to late 20th century in the United States. Analyzed the rise of bizarre writing in southern literature and the neglect of disabled groups in modernist aesthetics. Studied the impact of the bizarre show and disability civil rights movement in the early 20th century on American society and individuals' attitudes towards disability acceptance. Select the works of Welty, Taylor, and Smith to analyze the complex relationship between disability writing and social acceptance, appreciation of different tastes, construction of racial disability, social care, and dual healing medical discourse.

The construction of otherization in bizarre shows

In the early 20th century in the American South, disabled individuals in bizarre shows were alienated and became carriers of ethical, moral, and racial biases. Southern writer Welty's photography and literary creations recreate and deconstruct the cultural codes of the South through virtual photographs. Welty's works demonstrate an ethical stance on disability topics, capturing the traces of bizarre shows in her photography, using language and images to corroborate each other, and arousing the audience's appreciation for diversity. In her collection of novels, "The Green Curtain and Other Stories," indirect language imagery is used to guide readers in constructing visual images of disabilities and reflecting on the imagination of disabled performers as others. In the novels "The Petrified Man" and "Kira, the Abandoned Indian Girl", curiosity and moral division towards disabled groups are revealed through character dialogue and description. The bizarre performance of disabled people is the result of acting, such as the portrayal of the limping black male Lee Roy as the Indian girl Kira in the novel. Welty's literary works draw inspiration from life, but are built upon fiction, prompting readers to reflect on the ethical positioning behind the phenomenon of appreciating anomalies. This phenomenon is a disability cultural construction in which ethnic peoples are forced to participate under the normal hegemony of white people.

Breaking through psychological constraints

In the 1960s and 1970s, the attitude of American society towards people with disabilities shifted from exclusion to attention and acceptance, which is reflected in Taylor's novel "Astronavigation". The novel takes Jeremy, who suffers from agoraphobia, as the protagonist and uses collage narrative to showcase his inner world and communication with the outside world. Collage art originated in the early 20th century and became a way of expressing countercultural emotions in the 1960s, influencing literary creation. Taylor used collage techniques to construct ten narrative processes consisting of five different characters. Jeremy's narrative uses the third person, contrasting with the first person narratives of other characters, creating a sense of closeness and distance in space. Jeremy's art collage practice is his way of exploring the world and communicating with the outside world. His works showcase fragmented perceptions of daily living and connections with the outside world. However, not everyone can understand his works. His sister Amanda believes that his works are similar, while Ms. Winton and Olivia have insight into the artistic concepts and metaphorical communication consciousness behind the works. Olivia believes that Jeremy's artistic changes are reflected in the temporal dimension, as he creates collages using children's objects in an attempt to establish a familial connection with them. This realization prompted Jeremy to realize that he had neglected his family and sparked his impulse to search for them. At the end of the novel, inspired by Olivia, Jeremy begins to bravely explore the external space, and his agoraphobia is somewhat reduced. The shift in narrative perspective has broken the closed loop narrative and pushed the narrative space outward. Through artistic collage creation, Jeremy expresses his connection with the external world, and the viewer's appreciation of his works helps him overcome his fear of space.

Healing Aesthetics and Subjective Shaping

In the late 20th century, with the rise of the disability civil rights movement, individuals with disabilities began to showcase themselves in public places in response to historical marginalization and neglect. They have developed a unique aesthetic of survival and formed a disability discourse that emphasizes individual subjectivity. Smith's novel "Guests on Earth: A Novel" depicts the process of self reflection and subjectivity shaping of mentally disabled patients through horticultural therapy through real historical events and personal experiences, reflecting flexible resistance to modern disability treatment.