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In this article, I describe the concept of Cyborg Maintenance: the being and doing of upkeeping a bodymind that relies on technologies. I focus on the “common” or “everyday” cyborg: the disabled person who relies on prosthetics, wheelchairs, medications, or other technologies to function in day-to-day life. I describe the historical and economic forces that push cyborg mainte...


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This article examines the complex depictions of disability in the classic children’s novel Heidi (1880-81) by Johanna Spyri. Anglophone disability scholars have sometimes pigeonholed Heidi as inspirational and problematic, but have allowed memory and cultural consensus to supersede a rigorous examination of the text itself—potentially because of its reputati...


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In this article, I draw on oral histories from the Queer Pandemic project conducted with queer disabled and nondisabled people in England about their experiences in relation to the process of “returning to normal” once COVID-19 precautions were lifted. I analyze their experiences through the lens of the disabled oracle, arguing that the wisdom gained from an oracle perspectiv...


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Cure narratives are a major trope of Western science fiction. Such stories prominently feature a speculative cure for physical and developmental disabilities (Allan 2013). I analyze two Soviet classics – the science fiction novel Roadside Picnic (1972) by the brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and the film Stalker (1979), loosely based on the novel and di...


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Popular discourse usually represents dementia as a pitiable experience of loss and degeneration. Lily Brooks-Dalton’s 2016 novel, Good Morning, Midnight, instead presents dementia as a richly productive life experience, capable of transforming relationships and facilitating growth. This article takes up scholarship in three disability studies subfields—disability gai...


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