Star Trek and Disability - Vol 1

Infinite diversity in infinite combinations was not just an in-universe philosophy but it was something that Star Trek shows themselves strived to show. While it did have a diverse cast, there were many categories of humanity that went unrepresented. Trek’s representation of disabled people has been sparse and complex. Many tropes for representing disability in the media in general have been heavily influenced by eugenics and sadly Star Trek has not been able to be more progressive than the culture that produced it.

Author

Disability Action Research Kollective

Attachments

Star Trek and Disability 1.pdf (242.2 KB)

Comments

Related content

Disability film analysis tools, Disability Action Research Kollective, image is a 5x5 grid of characters from films mostly with scars and facial difference who are also villains

Disability Film Analysis Tools

Representations of disabled people in media often perpetuate stereotypes that can reinforce prejudice and lead to the marginalisation and…

Film review: The Edukators

Paul Michael gives an anarchist take on the 2005 German urban guerrilla-lite film, The Edukators.

This Is England - review

Tom Jennings' review of Shane Meadows' film based in the early skinhead scene and how it changed when fascists began to recruit within it.

Disabled Feminists, Disability Action Research Kollective, image shows a 4x4 grid of womens faces

Disabled Feminists

Feminist disability activism seeks to challenge intersecting forms of oppression and create a more inclusive and accessible world for all. This…

Red Road - review

Andrea Arnold's Red Road and the surveillance society

Babel - review

Tom Jennings reviews Babel, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett and directed by Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu.