Science Fiction Needs a Handicap

This blog is about how Anna Palindrome, author of the blog, The Transcontinental Disability Choir: A Wizard Did It, wife of a man in a wheel chair, complains about how sci-fi has characters with disabilities but they don't seem to be affected or complain about the troubles that go with a disability. She brings up characters ranging from Star Trek, to X-men, Angel, and Daredevil that all have disabilities yet, as she states several times, are not affected by these disabilities. Anna argues that Professor X, a character from X-men, is in a flying wheel chair and he is perfectly able to move up stairs and states that her husband is clearly not able to do that in the real world. She also rants on about how Geordi La Forge, character from Star Trek, has the ability to see thanks to his visor, yet Geordi is completely blind without this devise. She makes the claim that this devise also gives him a super power since it can let him see things that the directors what him to see. The general message that she tries to get across is that sci-fi movies, shows, comic books, etc. have this notion that people with disabilities should have a piece of technology that makes them normal again or gives them some kind of super power which as a result makes the show, or other media source, unrealistic.
     Anna makes these, almost as if blood lust, statements that are clearly one sided and supported with nothing but pure P.M.S. emotion. I do understand that she has a husband that is in a wheelchair but she should have made her argument much more supported with either more examples or facts. Being the comic book fan that I am, I remember plenty of times that Professor X was knocked out of his wheel chair and he was pretty much useless, physically. Like many people that are paralyzed from the waist down, Professor X has to either crawl around or try to find a way back into his chair. Along with other assumptions, she complains about how Geordi La Forge, of Star Trek, has a visor over his eyes to help him see and a few other things. But again her remark can be argued with various episodes in Star Trek where Geordi has his visor knocked off or broken and he is rendered blind and has to rely on hearing and touch as his main senses to navigate his surroundings. Although she does make some alright points, she still needs to be able to back up her argument with more than just emotion.   
     The way that this blog's site is set up seems to be designed in a way to attract the attention of other "feminine arguers." On the side of the blog, there are adds that are about eating healthy, colleges, jewelry, and other pro female or "girl power" advertisements that try to draw the attention of more females. Other than the "you go girl" advertisements and the plain white and striped background, there is nothing else in this blog or the site that seems to be, at any point in time, eye catching. I suppose the dullness of the blog helps fuel the argument or helps people that feel as if their voice must be heard get their "statement" across.
     Other than the fact that this blog was a full out emotional rampage, it does bring up some questions that could be addressed.

• Should science fiction have characters that are disabled but have powers?
• Why should science fiction be more realistic?
• Could technological advancements allow these barriers to be overcome for the physically disabled?