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Salon
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Alison Stine

Baby Yoda a portrait of fluid disability

Sometime in the first episode of the new season of "The Mandalorian," I noticed it, what I hadn't been noticing. Mando (Pedro Pascal) parks his ship, and the trusty Mandalorian and his feisty sidekick Baby Yoda emerge and hit the town, whatever planet the town happens to be on. And when Grogu gets out of the ship, he gets in his protective floating carriage. He'll ride in it for awhile. 

The pod of Baby Yoda is so ubiquitous, it has its own song. It's an unmistakable image of the Disney+ show: Mando in his silver armor and face-shielding helmet and Grogu bobbling along, behind or beside with his own gleaming protective hovercraft. There are countless YouTube tutorials on how to make your own. The pod is nice-looking and beloved. It serves a practical purpose and is useful for both Grogu and Mando, who otherwise might be carrying the child. But for the millions of Americans like me who are physically disabled, Baby Yoda reminds us of something else too: that we can be disabled at any point, at any age and what our bodies can do may vary from day to day, or hour to hour. 

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