A review by rebecita
Uncanny Magazine Issue 24 September/October 2018: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue by S. Qiouyi Lu, Dominik Parisien, Judith Tarr, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Elsa Sjunneson, Nicolette Barischoff

5.0

This collection made me want to read more short-form scifi because these stories were GREAT. They bring SO much creativity to visions of the future and meaningful representation of differently abled bodies, chronic illness, neurodiversity, etc. It includes fiction, personal essays, media critiques, and poetry. The main through line is that given the literally unlimited sandbox of SFF, it feels pretty fucking terrible to be a disabled reader and not see yourself imagined in these expansive futures. Or see convenient medical "cures" for disability that border on eugenics. Many stories and essays centered on the idea that science fictional spaces themselves could be more adaptive rather than erasing disabled identities, just as our real world should. Ramps in space!