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[beccaelizabeth]

I tried to think of a minor superpower
but everything I came up with was technically just side effects of being neurotypical, able bodied, and physically healthy.

Ability to interpret emotional states by simple observation!
Ability to digest all human foods without ill effect!
Ability to go anywhere, even parks and gardens, and handle anything, even cats, without any ill effects!
Going up and down stairs of any angle!
Crossing the road even when cars might be around!

... I'm just saying, a fuck of a lot looks like superpowers from here.
Which is basically why I like F&SF and superheroes and so forth: the character point gap between a regular person and these super types gives them roughly the experience of feeling disabled, except the whole world is set up for them, and the story is designed to value their contribution equally, even if it does not involve shooting lasers out of their eyes.

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[ex_peasant441]

Possible minor super powers that are not side-effects of being neurotypical, able bodied, and physically healthy:

Ability to keep animals calm in stressful situations.
Ability to navigate.
Ability to learn foreign languages.
Ability to keep a cool head in a crisis.

My mum always says that whoever you sit next to, you can do something that they can't and they can do something that you can't.

[gehayi]

I remember a minor superhero called Color Kid whose ability was to make anything in the world, animate or inanimate, the color or colors that he wanted it (or them) to be.

[baronjanus]

The ability to maintain social phone conversations for a length of time!

Looking up and then down quickly! Without falling!

Jogging!