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* "[[The Girl Who Was Plugged In]]"
* "[[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."
* "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."
* "[[Only a Mother]]", Judith Merrill
* "[[Only a Mother]]", [[Judith Merrill]], short story about mutation.





Revision as of 13:30, 26 May 2007

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."
  • "Only a Mother", Judith Merrill, short story about mutation.