Now this was an episode with a story I can relate to, having endured more than my fair share of school bullying while growing up with a disability.
Disability is a subject which media professionals are often nervous about, and for a good reason: they often mess it up. The classic annoying cliché is portraying a disabled character as 'inspirational' because they doing something perfectly normal despite being disabled. To a disabled person that's not inspirational – it's just normal.