by Amelia Loken | May 29, 2026 | Disability Models
After writing about the Charitable Model and the Medical Model, stepping into the Social Model feels like opening a window in a stuffy room. Suddenly, there’s space to breathe. Space to imagine. Space to belong. Where earlier models locate disability inside the person...
by Amelia Loken | May 25, 2026 | Writing
Sensory worldbuilding is the craft of designing a fictional world through the sensory realities of the characters who inhabit it — especially disabled characters whose bodies perceive, navigate, and interpret the world differently than the assumed norm. It’s not just...
by Amelia Loken | May 11, 2026 | Disability Models
When the Body Becomes the Problem The Medical Model of Disability is the one most people know—even if they’ve never heard the term. It frames disability as a problem located in the body, something medicine should diagnose, treat, or cure. For centuries, this was...
by Amelia Loken | May 8, 2026 | Writing
Most fantasy and sci‑fi stories begin with the same assumption: if a character is disabled, the plot must eventually cure them. Magic restores what was “lost,” technology repairs what was “broken,” and the hero’s journey becomes a quest for normalization. My creative...
by Amelia Loken | Apr 30, 2026 | Disability Models
When we talk about disability, many people default to one idea: charity. Helping. Giving. Doing good. But the Charitable Model of Disability is far more complicated than simple kindness. It grew out of centuries of moral judgment, industrial pressures, and religious...
