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[chordatesrock]

I do know that accessportrayal is my community and I can make arbitrary decisions about it if I want to, but since the access_fandom crowd is a big chunk of potential membership, I feel like asking opinions. I've been considering adding my own article, not about a specific disability, but about disabilities that magically go away, because I've had this happen to me and putting those experiences into words could be useful for writers who choose (against all attempts to persuade them otherwise) to go that route with their characters. Do you think that's a good idea (especially for fanfic writers who have no choice) or will it just encourage more of this kind of plot twist?

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Re: Well...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>one thing I've been debating a lot lately is the difference
between<<

That's a good set of options to
consider.

>>The fact is that my adaptive technology actually does give me some abilities I wouldn't have if I could simply type, and simultaneously doesn't do everything I could do if I could type.<<

That's the way I tend to lean
when writing about compensated
disabilities. I have a blind
character in my Monster House
series who has a magical artifact,
but it 'sees' the world differently,
based on whether people or objects
have a destiny. So it's not the
same as conventional sight, and
that influences how she interacts
with the world.

>>Science fiction, and even fantasy, can be great places to explore the possibilities of post-humanism. But as we all know, it's also a very dangerous road.<<

These two things are equally true.

I prefer to scout ahead in
hazardous terrain, but that's a
personal preference.