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Story summary
- Writer Evan Carlos Somers wrote the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode Melora to authentically portray a disabled character, inspired by his own experiences.
- The episode features Melora, a Starfleet officer who uses a wheelchair due to her low-gravity home planet, while Dr. Bashir offers a cure that would let her walk but change her identity.
- Melora ultimately chooses to embrace her disability, rejecting the cure and its identity consequences.
