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Pixar’s Finding Nemo (2003) is often remembered as a heartwarming adventure about a father searching for his lost son. Yet, as a recent essay in Bright Wall/Dark Room — “Oceans of Possibility: Permission, Disability, Control, and Finding Nemo” (2024)—argues, the film also reflects deeply on disability. Nemo’s small fin and Dory’s memory loss both shape how others see them and how they see themselves. By tracing these portrayals, the essay invites us to examine the film’s possibi...