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Disability Superpower

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	Disability Superpower	label	Disability Superpower
	Disability Superpower	page	DisabilitySuperpower
	Disability Superpower	comment	A character is born with or acquires some handicap that prevents them from functioning normally. However, due to phlebotinum exposure or training, never mind Disability Immunity, they develop something that not only makes up for what's missing, but goes beyond it. Blindness seems to be a popular one for this. Indeed, the entire trope seems to be based around the idea that blind people's other senses become more acute to compensate. This does happen in real life but to a far weaker degree than the trope, simply because blind people get more exercise with paying close attention to their other senses, and the brain is capable of re-purposing unused spaces in the sensory and motor cortices. Some studies have indicated that people born deaf have better peripheral vision, as well. A realistic twist is for the power to have Logical Weaknesses, depending on the limitations of what the character uses to compensate for their disability. In less realistic examples, Disability Superpowers are so powerful that they negate the original disability entirely and/or so prevalent that no disabled people in the world are actually disabled. When Played for Drama, the character will still face Sense Loss Sadness over their disability despite any compensating. If lacking one or more familiar sensory modes in favor of something more exotic is the norm for a species, rather than an anomaly or the result of injury, that's Bizarre Alien Senses. If the power or ability the character gets is useful but doesn't quite make up for having a disability (usually the power/ability is a bit more mundane), that's Handy Shortcoming. Compare Keeping the Handicap for when a character decides that they'd rather stay disabled than become abled. Sub-Tropes: Artificial Limbs: Someone has robotic prosthetics to replace limbs they have lost. Artificial Limbs Are Stronger Blind Seer: A blind person is able to see the future. Blindfolded Vision: Obscuring your vision increases your skills. Blind Musician Blind Weaponmaster: A blind warrior of great skill. Cranial Plate Ability: When a character acquires new abilities thanks to a steel piece implanted (accidentally or via surgery) in their head. Deaf Composer Disability Immunity: Having a disability makes you immune to stuff that affects people who don't have the disability. Disability-Negating Superpower Feel No Pain Genius Cripple: A highly intelligent person who can't walk. Handicapped Badass Idiot Savant Insanity Immunity: Being insane has the advantage that you're completely safe from being affected by beings that cause insanity because you're already as loony as can be. Mad Oracle Mentally Unwell, Special Senses Neurodiversity Is Supernatural One-Armed Warrior Power Born of Madness Reading Lips Sense-Impaired Monster: A monster that lacks one or more sense but is very perceptive in its remaining ones. Super-Senses Super Wheelchair Superpower Disability: Someone's superpowers directly cause their disability. We Can Rebuild Him: An injured person is saved from death by converting them into a Cyborg. Can be a specific form of Cursed with Awesome. Relates to Good Prosthetic, Evil Prosthetic and Useless Without Powers. Compare with the more mundane Inspirationally Disadvantaged.
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