Writing Disability with Cy Cyborg
Writing and creating disabled characters can be a bit tricky, and it’s so often handled poorly.
My goal with this blog is to help creators of all kinds, from authors to character designers, game developers to comic creators, be more empathetic and sensitive in their depiction of disability.
New posts on the first Monday of every month
New Posts
The Perfect Prosthetic - Disability Tropes
Often, when amputees and limb different characters get a prosthetic, the story treats them like they’re no longer disabled any more, and as an amputee, I can tell you that is definitely not how it works, so let’s talk about it!
The Untrustworthy Fake - Disability Tropes
In media, characters pretending to be disabled is a common trope that has a very real impact on real-life disabled people, so let’s talk about it!
Disability Tropes: The disabling change of heart
Often times, when a character becomes disabled in media, they have a complete morality change, for better or for worse, so let’s talk about this trope.
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