Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Against Fandom as Pathology
  • Fan Studies and Disability Studies: Models, Critiques, and Overlaps
  • Fan Conventions, Accessibility, and Barriers to Participation
  • Ye & the Public Performance of Black Disability
  • Platforms, Algorithms and Digital Kairotic Space
  • Affirmational Gatekeeping: BBC's Sherlock, Embodied Autism, and The JohnLock Conspiracy
  • "The Hurt Comes Early": A Reflection on Hurt/Comfort and the Subjectivity of Pain
  • Glow Up in the Contact Zone
  • Disability Antifans
  • Conclusion: Toward a Theory of Disabled Fandom.