Disability in SF

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Some SF works that center around women and disability:

* "[[The Girl Who Was Plugged In]]"
* "Melora" - [[Star Trek: Deep Space 9]] episode. A scientist who uses a robotic exoskeleton. Her disability becomes her strength when gravity fails on the ship. "The crew welcomes Ensign [[Melora Pazlar]], a cartographer on a mission to chart the Gamma Quadrant. Melora is an Elaysian, a species from a planet with very low gravity, and because of this, she must use a wheelchair and braces to get around in "normal" conditions."
* "[[That Only a Mother]]", [[Judith Merril]], short story about [[mutation]] and the effect of nuclear impact on [[genotype]].
* The [[Jenny Casey]] series, by [[Elizabeth Bear]], features a female main character with a bionic, prosthetic arm.
* "Blue Champagne" by [[John Varley]] features a quadriplegic woman whose golden exoskeleton helps her use her arms and legs, and also helps her become a celebrity.

* A short story about implications of a society where 75% of the people have disabilities due to genetic drift. Airships, low tech post apocalpytic scenario where disabled people actually survive. What was this story and who wrote it?

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