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This week’s run of Doonesbury<\/i> features a charming but clear-eyed take on disability and dating<\/a>. Alex, the comic strip’s resident overachieving and slightly awkward Gen-Y’er, pays a visit to Toggle, a boy she met on Facebook. Toggle also happens to have a traumatic brain injury that he acquired while serving in Iraq. So far, the two of them seem to be hitting it off nicely. <\/p>\n

Trudeau has addressed disability issues previously (longtime readers might recall B.D. becoming an amputee while also serving in Iraq) and has done so with wit and a light touch. And in Toggle I see a kindred spirit: a guy who speaks slowly and digs geeky women. Perhaps I should start spending more time on Facebook.<\/p>\n

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