List of fictional characters with disabilities

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This is a list of fictional characters with disabilities in various mediums, including novels, comics, television, and movies. A disability may be readily visible, or invisible in nature. Some examples of invisible disabilities include intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, mental disorders, asthma, epilepsy, allergies, migraines, arthritis, and chronic fatigue syndrome.[1] There are many different causes of disability that often affect basic activities of daily living, such as eating, dressing, transferring, and maintaining personal hygiene; or advanced activities of daily living such as shopping, food preparation, driving, or working. However, causes of disability are usually determined by a person's capability to perform the activities of daily life.

Due to the number of entries, this page does not include autistic fictional characters.

The names can be organized using any of the filters in the table heading. For Film and TV there is an additional column identifies if the actor is disabled or not.

Literature

A painting of Quasimodo by Antoine Wiertz
An illustration of Long John Silver by N. C. Wyeth
Year Character Book(s) Author(s) Disability Ref. and Citations
1995 Nessarose, AKA Wicked Witch of the East Wicked Gregory Maguire Born without arms. [citation needed]
1851 Captain Ahab Moby Dick Herman Melville A whale bit off Ahab's leg, and he stands on what's left of the bone. The sound of his ivory limb echoes on the deck. Ahab experiences a constant, piercing pain in his groin that represents the world's suffering. [2]
1964 Barquentine Gormenghast series Mervyn Peake One-legged, hunchbacked dwarf. [3]
2003 Christopher The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon Christopher is ostensibly diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, which is now included in the autistic spectrum [4]
1928 Clifford Lady Chatterley's Lover D. H. Lawrence Clifford is dependent on a wheelchair for mobility. Clifford's disability is a significant metaphorical form in the novel. The novel satirizes Clifford's technological obsessions, focus on "the life of the mind", and insistence on industrial wealth. [5][6]
1911 Colin Craven The Secret Garden Frances Hodgeson Burnett Colin Craven is a character who experiences a disability that is described as a hunchback and an inability to walk. [1]
2016 Jams Cogan Thimble Monkey

(book series)

Jon Blake Jams has Cerebral Palsy, and a monkey. [7]
1929 Benjy Compson The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner Benjy is most likely autistic with synesthesia, as his whole life experience based on smells, shapes, and sounds [8]
1976 Harry Hardacre The Hardacres (book series) C. L. Skelton Harry has Little's Disease [citation needed]
1904 Captain Hook Peter and Wendy J. M. Barrie A pirate with a missing hand [9]
1996 Tyrion Lannister A Song of Ice and Fire George R. R. Martin An unspecified type of dwarfism and severe facial disfigurement. [10][11]
2012 Adam Parrish The Raven Cycle Maggie Stiefvater In the first book of the series, Adam becomes deaf in his left ear due to abuse. [12]
2012 Hazel Grace Lancaster, Augustus Waters, and several other characters The Fault in our Stars John Green The book is about characters with several types of cancer and resulting disabilities including a blind character and one with a prosthetic leg. [13][14]
2015 Kaz Brekker Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo Kaz has a limp and uses a cane. He also experiences post-traumatic stress disorder. These are major parts of his experiences and development throughout the Six of Crows duology. [15]
1831 Quasimodo The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Victor Hugo Quasimodo is born a hunchback, is half-blind, and becomes deaf due to his living in the bell tower of the cathedral. [16]
1883 Long John Silver Treasure Island Treasure Island A pirate with a missing leg, and eyepatch and another who has lost his sight. [17]
Blind Pew
1973 Mr Johnny Gotobed Carrie's War Nina Bawden He has both communication and learning disabilities. [18][19]
1818 The Monster Frankenstein Mary Shelly A man made from the bodies of other people, imperfect, abused because of his visible differences and communication disabilities. [20][21]
DeLacey An old blind man who cannot see the monster so isn't prejudiced by his sight, and offers the only genuine friendship the monster has ever experienced,
2001 Shawn Stuck In Neutral Terry Trueman Stuck in Neutral is a young adult with cerebral palsy and explores themes of quality of life, ableism and euthanasia. [22]
1838 Smike Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens He has deformed limbs and has intellectual and communication difficulties related to the abuse he has suffered. [23]
1915 Gregor Samsa The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka Gregor Samsa's transformation and the changes of attitudes towards him, except those in his immediate family, is a metaphor for the lived experience of physical and visible disability. The story's themes resonate with critical disability theory. [24][25]
1843 Tiny Tim A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Tiny Tim is believed to have had either rickets, tuberculosis (TB), polio, and/or cerebral palsy. [26][27]
1978 Walter Walter David Cook He has learning and communication disabilities. [28][29]
1937 Lennie Small Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck He is a migrant worker with learning and communication disabilities. He relies on his best friend for support. [30]
1937 Candy Candy is an old man with a stooped posture and no right hand, which he lost in an accident on the ranch.
1937 Crooks Crooks has a crooked spine from an accident with a horse. Crooks is doubly marginalized by his disability and race.

Cripping-up on screen and its impact on authentic characterisation

Cripping-up is the act of casting an actor without a visible disability into a screen or theatre role which is scripted as having visible disability, or is about an historical figure who is know to have had a disability. This does not include disabled actors being cast in roles with different conditions to their own where the character's disability has been transposed in the script to the condition of a specific actor. This is can happen because the "lived experience" of visible disability and ableism is the core idea rather than literal portrayal of a specific condition.[31][32]

For the characters on screen this is an additional dimension to their authenticity, as if they are played by non-disabled then they are subject to, "the cure of the curtain call" i.e. the moment when a non-disabled performer is revealed as such after portraying a disabled character.[32]

Best practice for authentic casting means that if a condition is core to storyline then casting is as close as possible with Deaf actors playing Deaf roles, the same for actors with Neurodivergence, Vision Impairment, Physical Disabilities, Wheelchair Users, Limb Differences, Short Stature or conditions such as Cerebral Palsy or Downs Syndrome.

Movies (Live Action)

The costume of Imperator Furiosa used in Mad Max: Fury Road, featuring her prosthetic arm
Year Character Film Character's Disability Actor Is the Actor Disabled? Ref. and Citations
2019 Gary Joker Dwarfism Leigh Gill Yes [33]
1992 Frank Slade Scent of a Woman Blindness Al Pacino No [34]
2002 Barry Egan Punch-Drunk Love Barry has autism and OCD. Adam Sandler No [35]
2004 Ivy Elizabeth Walker The Village Blindness Bryce Dallas Howard No [36]
2007 H.W. Plainview There Will Be Blood Deafness Dillon Freasier & Russell Harvard Yes [37]
2017 James Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Dwarfism Peter Dinklage Yes [38]
2015 Imperator Furiosa Mad Max: Fury Road She is missing an arm and uses a robotic prosthetic. Charlize Theron No [39][40]
2015 Marie Nakazawa Library Wars: The Last Mission She is deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, using a hearing aid. Tao Tsuchiya No [41][42]
2016 Lee Chandler Manchester by the Sea Lee experiences post-traumatic stress disorder. Casey Affleck No [43]
2021 Jie Godzilla vs. Kong Deafness Kaylee Hottle Yes [44][45]
2014 Gazelle Kingsman Double leg amputee. Sofia Boutella No [46]
2024 Nessarose Wicked Wheelchair user Marissa Bode Yes [47]
2023 Tommy Olsen The Unseen Cerebral Palsy RJ Mitte Yes [48]
2023 Sam Monico Perseus Downs Syndrome Sam Barnard Yes [49]
2022 Clifford Lady Chatterley's Lover Physical disability from war injuries Matthew Duckett Yes [50]
2022 Phil American Dreamer Dwarfism Peter Dinklage Yes [51]
2022 Barbara Lisicki Then Barbara Met Alan Wheechair User Ruth Madeley Yes [52]
2022 Alan Holdsworth Physical Disability Arthur Hughes Yes
2022 Lorcan An Irish Goodbye Downs Syndrome James Martin Yes [53]
2021 Makkari Eternals Deaf Lauren Ridloff Yes [54]
2021 Tim Help Physical Disability Arthur Hughes Yes [55]
2021 Cyrano Cyrano Visible Disability, in this version Dwarfism Peter Dinklage Yes [56]
2021 Garrick Infinite Wheelchair User Liz Carr Yes [57]
2021 Sophie See For Me Blindness Skyler Davenport Yes [58]
2021 Kackie Rossi Coda Deafness Marlee Maitlin Yes [59][60]
2021 Frank Rossi Deafness Troy Kotsur Yes
2021 Leo Rossi Deafness Daniel Durant Yes
2020 Izzy Simmons Christmas Ever After Wheelchair User Ali Stroker Yes [61][62]
2020 Roman Lunyov I Care A Lot Dwarfism Peter Dinklage Yes [63]
2020 Steve The Oak Room Cerebral Palsy RJ Mitte Yes [64]
2023 Elliot Battery Wheelchair User Zak Ford-Williams Yes [65]
2020 Daughter Run Wheelchair User Kiera Allen Yes [66]
2019 Diane Sound of Metal Deafness Lauren Ridloff Yes [67]
2019 Travis Standing Up for Sunny Cerebral Palsy RJ Mitte Yes [68]
2019 Conal Ups and Downs Downs Syndrome James Martin Yes [69]
2019 Zak The Peanut Butter Falcon Downs Syndrome Zack Gottsagen Yes [70]
2018 Arrow Spare Room Downs Syndrome Cole Sibus Yes [citation needed]
2018 Regan Abbot A Quiet Place Deafness Millicent Simmonds Yes [71]
2017 Rose Wonderstruck Deafness Millicent Simmonds Yes [72]
2013 Tim The Last House Cerebral Palsy RJ Mitte Yes [73]
2009 Jimmy Loveit Unarmed But Dangerous Limb Difference Matt Fraser Yes [74]
2008 Laura Miller Sweet Nothing In My Ear Deafness Marlee Maitlin Yes [75]
2003 Finbar McBride The Station Agent Dwarfism Peter Dinklage Yes [76]
1988 Eric Cruise Mac and Me Wheelchair User Jade Calegory Yes [77]
1952 Larry Nevins Bright Victory Blindness Arthur Kennedy No [78]
1965 Selina D'Arcey A Patch of Blue Blindness Elizabeth Hartman No [79]
1967 Susy Hendrix Wait Until Dark Blindness Audrey Hepburm No [80]
1969 Singer The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Deafness and Muteness Alan Arkin No [81]
1985 Mr Will Places In The Heart Blindness John Malkovich No [82]
1989 Raymond Babbitt Rain Man Autistic Spectrum Condition Dustin Hoffman No [83]
1994 Arnie Grape What's Eating Gilbert Grape Learning and Communication Disorders Leonardo DiCaprio No [84]
1994 Forrest Gump Forrest Gump Learning Disability and Developmental Disorder Tom Hanks No [85]
2001 Sam Dawson I Am Sam Developmental Disorder Sean Penn No [86]
2017 Philip Lacasse The Upside Wheelchair User and Paralysis Bryan Cranston No [87][88]
2007 Art Honeyman Music Within Cerebral Palsy Michael Sheen No [89]
2016 Trevor The Fundamentals of Caring Wheelchair User Craig Roberts No [90]
2004 Rory O'Shae Inside Im Dancing Quadriplegic Wheelchair User James McAvoy No [91]
1999 Lincoln Rhyme The Bone Collector Quadriplegic Denzel Washington No [92]
1954 Hal Jeffries Rear Window Wheelchair User James Stewart No [93]
2021 Music Music Autistic Spectrum Condition Maddie Ziegler No [94]
2002 Bill Porter Door to Door Cerebral Palsy Williams H. Macey No [95]
1989 Nick Parker Blind Fury Blindness Rutger Hauer No [96]
2002 Professor X (Xavier) X-Men Wheelchair User Patrick Stewart No [97]
1982 Walter Walter Learning Disabilities Ian McKellen No [98]
2023 Oompa Loompa Wonka Short Stature Hugh Grant No [99]
2016 Will Traynor Me Before You Paralysed Sam Clafin No [100]
2014 Laila Margarita with a Straw Cerebral Palsy Kalki Koechlin No [101]
2024 Maker Keeper Dune: Part Two Short Stature (Dwarfism) Alison Halstead Yes [102]
1992 Lennie Small Of Mice and Men Learning Disabilities John Malkovic No [30]
2014 Benjy Compson The Sound and the Fury Autism James Franco No [103]
1988 Willow Ulfgood Willow Short Stature (Dwarfism) Warwick Davis Yes [104]

Television (Live Action)

First year Character Series Character's Disability Actor Is The Actor Disabled? Ref. and Citations
2024 Harry Hardacre The Hardacres Little's disease Zak Ford-Williams Yes [105]
2024 KB Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Physical Disability Kyriana Kratter No [citation needed]
2024 Freya We Might Regret This Wheelchair User Kyla Harris Yes [106]
2009 Arthur "Artie" Abrams Glee Paraplegic wheelchair user. Kevin McHale No [107]
2002 Butchie The Wire Butchie is blind and is portrayed by a blind actor. S. Robert Morgan Yes [108][109]
2011 Martin Goodman Friday Night Dinner Hard of hearing and uses a hearing aid. Paul Ritter No [110]
1987 Geordi La Forge Star Trek: The Next Generation Blind since birth, and uses technological devices to allow him to see. LeVar Burton No [111]
2023 Kirsty Millar Doctors Dwarfism Kiruna Stamell Yes [112]
1989 Corky Thatcher Life Goes On First major character with Down syndrome on a television series, portrayed by a person who also has Down syndrome. Chris Burke Yes [113]
2018 Penny Stevenson Doctors She was born with a right arm that ends just below the elbow. Cerrie Burnell Yes [114]
1994 Kerry Weaver ER Limp in her gait due to congenital hip dysplasia Laura Innes No [115][116]
2004 Gregory House House M.D. An aneurysm in his thigh had clotted, leading to an infarction and causing his quadriceps muscle to become necrotic. Dead muscle was removed and this resulted in the partial loss of use in his leg and chronic pain, meaning he has to rely on a cane and vicodin to get through life. Hugh Laurie No [117]
2008 Walter White Jr. Breaking Bad He has cerebral palsy, which manifests itself in speech difficulties and impaired motor control, requiring crutches to walk. RJ Mitte Yes [118]
2008 Hector Salamanca Breaking Bad Hector uses a wheelchair. Mark Margolis No [119]
2013 Clarissa Mullery Silent Witness She has Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, a rare genetic condition that limits joint movement. She is a mobility scooter user. Liz Carr Yes [120][121]
2019 Tim Jerk Tim the character and Tim the actor/writer both have Cerebral Palsy. Tim Renkow Yes [122][123]
2017 Cherry Dorrington Harlots Dwarfism Francesca Mills Yes [124]
2023 Owen Davies Better Owen starts the series as non-disabled but catches meningitis. His mobility and speech are both profoundly affected and the actor used his own condition, Cerebral Palsy, and his experience of having to learn to walk again after major surgery to portray the character's journey through rehabilitation. Zak Ford-Williams Yes [125]
2024 Matthew Shardlake Shardlake He has radial dysplasia affecting his right arm. Arthur Hughes Yes [126][127]
2023 Mike Mobility BAFTA winning comedy short. Mike has Cerebral Palsy and uses a walking frame. Jack Carroll Yes [128][129]
2023 Sonny Mobility Sonny has an unspecified condition but is a wheelchair user. Zak Ford-Williams Yes
2023 Dan Mobility Dan has Down syndrome. Ruben Reuter Yes
2024 Lord Remington Bridgerton Unknown condition, but he is a bath chair user Zak Ford-Williams Yes [130]
2024 Oswald 'Oz' Cobb The Penguin Physically Disbled Colin Farrell No [131][132]
2024 Victor Aguilar The Penguin Stammer Rhenzy Feliz No
2023 Paul Shrinking Parkinson's Disease Harrison Ford No [133]
2012 Richard III The Hollow Crown Physical Disability Benedict Cumberbatch No [134]
2015 Garrett Superstore Wheelchair User Colton Dunn No [135]
2011 Tyrion Lannister Game of Thrones Short Stature (Dwarfism) Peter Pinklage Yes [136]
2020 Sue CripTales Wheelchair User Ruth Madeley Yes [137]
2020 Annette Wheelchair User Carley Houston Yes
2020 Stacy Hadfield Limb Difference Jackie Hagan Yes
2020 Hamish Cerebral Palsy Robert Softley Gale Yes
2020 Mat Limb Difference Mat Fraser Yes
2020 Meg Wheelchair User Liz Carr Yes
2011 Warwick Davis Life's Too Short Short Stature (Dwarfism) Warwick Davis Yes [138]
2014 Paul the Illustrated Seal American Horror Story, Freak Show Limb Difference Matt Fraser Yes [139]
Ma Petite Short Stature (Dwarfism) Jyoti Yes
Legless Suzi Limb Difference Rose Siggins Yes
Toulouse Short Stature (Dwarfism) Drew Rin Varick Yes
Salty Physical Disability, Learning Disability and Visible Difference Christopher Neiman No
Pepper Physical Disability, Learning Disability and Visible Difference Naomi Grossman No
Jimmy Darling Limb Difference Evan Peters No
2022 Katie Ralph and Katie Downs Syndrome Sarah Gordy Yes [140]
2022 Ralph Downs Syndrome Leon Harrop Yes
2022 Tina This is Going To Hurt Wheelchair User Liz Carr Yes [citation needed]
2022 Ollie Am I Being Unreasonable? Short Stature (Dwarfism) Lenny Rush Yes [141]
2018 Connie The Walking Dead Deafness Lauren Ridloff Yes [142]
2022 Willow Ulfgood Willow Short Stature (Dwarfism) Warwick Davis Yes [143]
2023 Isaac Godwin Sex Education Wheelchair User George Robinson Yes [144]
2021 Tyler Wolfe Wheelchair User Zak Ford-Williams Yes [citation needed]
2010 Amelia The Silence Deafness Genevieve Barr Yes [145]
2012 Reggie Jackson Call The Midwife Downs Syndrome Daniel Laurie Yes [146]
1985 Sil Doctor Who Short Stature and Mobility Nabil Shaban Yes [147] [148]
2018 Hanne Blindness Ellie Wallwork Yes
2005 Diane Limb Difference Nadia Albina Yes
2015 Cass Deafness Sophie Leigh Stone Yes
2005 Bescot Limb Difference Rhiannon Clements Yes
2023 Shirley Bingham Wheelchair User Ruth Madeley Yes
2024 Morris Gibbons Short Stature (Dwarfism) Lenny Rush Yes
1969 Dom Issigri Vision Impairment Esmond Knight Yes
2005 Porridge Short Stature (Dwarfism) Warwick Davis Yes
1968 Detective Columbo Columbo Vision Impaired Peter Falk Yes [149]
1967 Robert T. Ironside Ironside Wheelchair User Raymond Burr No [150]
2020 Rebecca Never Have I Ever Downs Syndrome Lily D. Moore Yes [151]
2014 Miss Scott Grantchester Limb Difference Melissa Johns Yes [152]
2015 Helen Milton Vera Short Stature (Dwarfism) and Wheelchair User Lisa Hammond Yes [153]
2014 Donna Yates East Enders Short Stature (Dwarfism) and Wheelchair User Lisa Hammond Yes [154]
2010 Izzy Armstrong Coronation Street Wheelchair User Cherylee Houston Yes [2][155]
2017 Imogen Pascoe Limb Difference Melissa Johns Yes
2015 Alex Warner Downs Syndrome Liam Bairstow Yes
2022 Bobby Crawford Cerebral Palsy Jack Carroll Yes
2020 Hannah Taylor Life Limb Difference Melissa Johns Yes [156]
2018 Ryan Stocks Emmerdale Cerebral Palsy James Moore Yes [157][158]
2023 Lacey Lloyd Hollyoaks Short Stature (Dwarfism) Annabell Davis Yes [159][160]
2003 Peter Hamil Wheelchair User Peter Mitchell Yes
2022 Freya Calder Wheelchair User Ellie Henry Yes
2016 Courtney Campbell Wheelchair User Amy Conachan yes
2011 Harry Trollied Cerebral Palsy Jack Carroll Yes [161]
2015 Isobel Reilly Home Fires Blindness Gillian Dean Yes [162]
2016 Louise Two Doors Down Deafness Sophie Stone Yes [163][164]
2022 Ashley Wilton The Chelsea Detective Deafness Sophie Stone Yes [163][164]
2023 Sam Burrell The Last of Us Deafness Keivonn Woodard Yes [165]
2019 Baba Voss See Blindness Jason Momoa No [166] [167] [168]
Queen Kane Sylvia Hoeks No
Tamacti Jun Christian Camargo No
Charlotte Olivia Cheng No
Wren Eden Epstein No
Lord Harlan Tom Mison No
Paris Alfre Woodard No
Captain Gosset Martin Roach No
Bow Lion Yadira Guevara-Prip No
Tormada David Hewlett No
Toad Hoon Lee No
Ranger Michael Raymond-James No
Edo Voss Dave Bautista No
2017 Roger Frosty Loudermilk Limb Difference Matt Fraser Yes [169]
2019 Raymond Van Gerrit His Dark Materials Limb Difference Matt Fraser Yes [170][169]
2009 Will Cast Offs Limb Difference Matt Fraser Yes [171]
Carrie Short Stature (Dwarfism) Kiruna Stamell Yes
Dan Wheelchair User Peter Mitchell Yes
Gabriella Deafness Sophie Woolley Yes
April Facial Difference Victoria Wright Yes
Tom Blindness Tim Gebelles Yes
2022 Morgan Dodger Short Stature (Dwarfism) Lenny Rush Yes [172]
2000 Barquentine Gormenghast Physical disability Warren Mitchell No [173]

Animated films and TV series

First year Character Title Character's Disability Actor Ref. and Citations
2010 Hiccup How to Train Your Dragon Has a prosthetic left leg Jay Baruchel [174]
2011 Heinz Doofenshmirtz (2nd Dimension) Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension He has an eye-patch with a scar running over it, which covers his left eye socket. Dan Povenmire [175][176][177][178]
2019 Violet Evergarden Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll With the war over, her arms were replaced with advanced metallic prosthetics, which she uses as a ghostwriter at a private postal company. Yui Ishikawa [179][180][181]
2020 Violet Evergarden: The Movie
2017 Red Action OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes A cyborg teenage girl who is missing a leg and uses a prosthetic. Kali Hawk [182][183][184][185]
2018 Amaya The Dragon Prince Amaya is deaf and communicates in American Sign Language. — [186][187]
2006 Toph Beifong Avatar: The Last Airbender Blindness Michaela Jill Murphy [188]
2016 Christina Elena of Avalor Uses a wheelchair. Montse Hernandez [189][190]
2018 Violet Evergarden Violet Evergarden Uses metal prosthetic arms. Yui Ishikawa [191][192][193]
2010 Finn the Human Adventure Time Beginning in Season 6, he has a robotic, prosthetic arm, and previously a grass sword coming from his arm. Jeremy Shada [194]
2010 Gobber the Belch How to Train Your Dragon Has a prosthetic left arm and right leg Craig Ferguson [195][196]
2018 Gary Goodspeed Final Space He has a prosthetic, cybernetic arm. Olan Rogers [197]
2016 Izetta Izetta: The Last Witch She is a wheelchair user. Himika Akaneya [198]
2018 Kazi The Dragon Prince Sunfire Elf sign language interpreter. Ashleica Edmond [199][200]
2020 Eleanor Kimble Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy Paraplegic wheelchair user portrayed by a disability advocate with Conradi-Hünermann syndrome. Cassidy Marie Huff [201][202]
2020 Lancelot Wizards: Tales of Arcadia Has a prosthetic left arm and shoulder Rupert Penry-Jones [203]
2013 Neopolitan RWBY [204][205]
2013 Yang Xiao Long RWBY Has a robotic prosthetic arm Barbara Dunkelman [206]
1987 Bart Simpson The Simpsons Has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Nancy Cartwright [207]
1999 Joe Swanson Family Guy He is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair. Patrick Warburton [208]
1997 Ned Gerblanski South Park Missing his right arm, speaks with an electrolarynx

[209]

Trey Parker [209]
2000 Timmy Burch South Park Has both palsy and tourette's, uses a wheelchair. Trey Parker [210][211]
2001 Jimmy Valmer South Park Ataxic cerebral palsy, exotropia, use of crutches to assist in equinus and crouch gait. Trey Parker [210][212]
2004 Nathan South Park Down syndrome and possible sociopathy. Trey Parker [213]
2007 Thomas South Park Tourette's syndrome Matt Stone [214][215]
2008 Scott Malkinson South Park Type 1 Diabetes and a speech impediment. Matt Stone [216][217]
2019 Sophie Gray South Park Type 1 Diabetes Becca Scott [216]
2023 Ringo Blue Eye Samurai Amputee Masi Oka [218]
2023 Dolph Laserhawk Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix Both his left arm and the right side of his face have been replaced with robotic prosthetics. Nathaniel Curtis [citation needed]
2023 Pey'j Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix His eyes have seemingly been replaced by robotic prosthetics. Glenn Wrage [citation needed]
2023 Marcus Holloway Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix Blindness in one eye. Mark Ebulue [citation needed]
2023 Red Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix His left arm was replaced with a robotic prosthetic. Adi Shankar [citation needed]
2023 Sam Fisher Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix He is a double leg amputee and uses a wheelchair. Nigel Barber [citation needed]

Stage Plays

Play Character Writer Disability
A Christmas Carol Tiny Tim Charles Dickens, with stage adaptations by David Edgar, Jack Thorne and Mark Gatiss's, A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Mobility and Movement
All of Us Jess Francesca Martinez Wheelchair user
Carrie's War Mr Johnny Gotobed Nina Bawden Learning and Communication
Coram Boy Meshak Gardiner Helen Edmundson Movement and Communication
Cost of Living John Martyna Majok Mobility and Movement
Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand Physical Appearance
Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter GeorgeAdapted for the stage by Armando Iannucci and Sean Foley Wheelchair User
Endgame Hamm Samual Beckett Mobility and Vision Impaired
Endgame Clov Samual Beckett Mobility and Movement
Endgame Nagg Samual Beckett Mobility
Endgame Nell Samual Beckett Mobility
Flowers for Algeron Charlie Daniel Keyes Communication
Frankenstein The Monster Mary Shelly

Stage adaptations by Nick Dear, Barbara Field, Jonathan Christenson, Richard Brinsley Peake and Eric B. Sirota

Physical Appearance and Movement
Frankenstein De Lacey Mary Shelly Vision Impaired
Gormenghast Barquentine Mervyn Peake Physical Appearance and Movement
Glee (Live) Artie Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan Wheelchair User
Happy Days Winnie Samual Beckett Mobility
Happy Days Willie Samual Beckett Mobility and Movement
I Won't Dance Dom Oliver Hailey Mobility and Movement
Johnny Belinda Belinda MacDonald Elmer Blaney Harris Deaf and Communication
Lady Chatterley's Lover Clifford D.H. Lawrence

Adapted for stage by John Harte

Mobility and Movement
Lord of the Flies Simon William Golding Communication
Moby Dick Captain Ahab Herman Melville, with adaptations for stage by Mark Rosenwinkel, Jim Burke, Julian Rad, Morris Panych and David Catlin Physical Appearance and Movement
Molly Sweeney Molly Brian Friel Mobility
Nicholas Nickleby Smike Charles Dickens

Theatrical adaptations by Edward Stirling and David Edgar, as well as a musical adaptation "Smike" by Simon May, Clive Barnett and Roger Holman

Communication, Mobility and  Movement
Of Mice and Men Lennie Small John Steinbeck Communication and Learning Disability
Of Mice and Men Candy John Steinbeck Limb Difference and Movement
Of Mice and Men Crooks John Steinbeck Physical Appearance and Movement
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Billy Bibbit Ken Kesey Communication
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Charlie Cheswick Ken Kesey Communication and Movement
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Martini Ken Kesey Communication and Movement
Pollyanna Pollyanna Eleanor H. Porter

Adapted for stage by Catherine Chisholm Cushing

Mobility
Rear Window Hal Jeffries Cornell Woolrich

Stage adaptation by Keith Reddin

Wheelchair User
Rough for Theatre I A Samual Beckett Blindness
Rough for Theatre I B Samual Beckett Wheelchair User
Stuck In Neutral Shawn Based on the novel Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman

Stage adaptation by Allison Cameron Gray and Matt Corpenning

Mobility, Movement and Medical
Sweet Nothing in My Ear Laura Stephen Sachs Deaf
Sweet Nothing in My Ear Max Stephen Sachs Deaf
Sweet Nothing in My Ear Sally Stephen Sachs Deaf
Sweet Nothing in My Ear Dr. Walters Stephen Sachs Deaf
The Boys Next Door Arnold Tom Griffin Communication and Learning Disability
The Boys Next Door Lucien Tom Griffin Communication and Learning Disability
The Boys Next Door Shelia Tom Griffin Communication and Learning Disability
The Boys Next Door Barry Tom Griffin Communication and Learning Disability
The Boys Next Door Norman Tom Griffin Communication and Learning Disability
The Caretaker Aston Harold Pinter Communication and Movement
The Chairs Old Woman Eugène Ionesco Blindness
The Chairs Old Man Eugène Ionesco Blindness
The Cripple of Inishmaan Billy Claven Martin McDonagh Physical Appearance and Movement
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Christopher Mark Haddon

Stage adaptation by Simon Stephens

Autism
The Glass Menagerie Laura Wingfield Tennessee Williams Movement and mobility
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Quasimodo Victor Hugo

Stage adaptations by Ken Hill, Robert Hossein, Nicholas DeBaubien, Pip Utton, James Villafuerte, Harold Hodge Jr and Benjamin Polya

Physical Appearance and Movement
The Metamorphosis Gregor Samsa Franz Kafka

Adaptations for stage by Lemm Sissay, E. Thomalen, Steven Berkoff and Steve Moulds

Physical Appearance and Movement
The Return of The Soldier Christopher Rebecca West

Stage adaptation by John Van Druten

Physical Appearance and Movement
The Rules of Charity Monty John Belluso Physical Appearance and Movement
The Secret Garden Colin Frances Hodgson Burnett

Adaptations by Pamela Sterling, Thomas W. Olson, Lucy Simon, Jessica Swale, Rosalind Sydney, and Anna Himali Howard & Holly Robinson

Ambulant Wheelchair User
Treasure Island Long John Silver Robert Louis Stevenson

Stage adaptations by Jules Eckert Goodman, Jule Styne, Sebastian, Ken Ludwig, B.H. Barry & Vernon Morris, Mike Kenny, Bryony Lavery, Nicolas Billon and Sandi Toksvig

Physical Appearance and Movement
Treasure Island Pew Robert Louis Stevenson Blindness
Tribes Billy Nina Raine Deaf
Wait Until Dark Susy Frederick Knott Blindness
Waiting for Godot Pozzo Samual Beckett Blindness and Movement
Waiting for Godot Lucky Samual Beckett Mute
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Blanche Henry Farrell Wheelchair User
Wicked Nessarose Winnie Holzman

Adapted for stage by Stephen Schwartz

Wheelchair User

Comics and manga

First year Character Series/Franchise Author/Publisher Disability Ref.
1964 Daredevil Daredevil Marvel Comics Blindness [219]
1991 Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Saturn) Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Hotaru has mysterious seizures due to being the host of the Daimon Mistress 9. [220]
2001 Izumi Curtis Fullmetal Alchemist Hiromu Arakawa Izumi has a chronic illness due to missing organs [221]
Edward Elric Edward is a double amputee [222]
2001 Kiyoharu Togawa, Tomomi Nomiya, and Hisanobu Takahashi Real Takehiko Inoue Wheelchair User [citation needed]
1966 Barbara Gordon Detective Comics, Batman DC Comics Became paraplegic when shot in the 1988 graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke. The character's paralysis has been the subject of much critical commentary for and against restoring her mobility. [223][224]
2004 Celty Sturluson Durarara!! Ryohgo Narita Mute and communicates with a personal digital assistant [225]
2009 Homestuck trolls Homestuck Andrew Hussie Many protagonists have disabilities, mostly from battle. Notably, Tavros Nitram has lower-body paralysis, Meulin Leijon is deaf, Terezi Pyrope is blind and synesthesic, and Mituna Captor has brain damage. [226]
2004 Johnny Joestar JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Hirohiko Araki Paraplegic and wheelchair bound after being shot in the back. [227]
1984 Jericho Teen Titans DC Comics Mute and communicates with American Sign Language [228]
Neopolitan from RWBY is mute
Yang Xiao Long from RWBY has a robotic prosthetic right arm

Video games

A promotional model depicting Kenshi Takahashi, a blind character from Mortal Kombat
First year Character(s) Actor(s)[note 1] Game/Series Disability Ref.
1990 Big Boss David Hayter and Akio Otsuka, among others Metal Gear Has a missing eye and wears an eyepatch [229]
2001 Raiden Quinton Flynn and Kenyu Horiuchi Metal Gear Had much of his body destroyed and replaced with cybernetics [230]
1998 Revolver Ocelot Patric Zimmerman and Kōji Totani, among others Metal Gear Had a missing arm replaced with a transplant from Liquid Snake [231]
2016 Cassidy Matthew Mercer Overwatch Has a cybernetic prosthetic arm [232]
2016 Symmetra Anjali Bhimani Overwatch Has a cybernetic prosthetic arm [233]
2012 Clementine Melissa Hutchison The Walking Dead Has an amputated leg [234]
2017 Doomfist Sahr Ngaujah Overwatch Has a cybernetic prosthetic arm [235]
1993 Jax Ed Boon, among others Mortal Kombat Has two bionic prosthetic arms [236]
2008 Nero Johnny Yong Bosch and Kaito Ishikawa Devil May Cry Has a prosthetic arm called the Devil Bringer [237]
2005 Goro Majima Hidenari Ugaki, Mark Hamill, and Matthew Mercer Yakuza Has a missing eye and wears an eyepatch [229]
2017 Mae Borowski Em Halberstadt Night in the Woods Depression, anxiety, dissociation [238][239]
2015 Fran Bow — Fran Bow Psychosis [240]
2012 Sir Hammerlock J. Michael Tatum Borderlands 2 Amputee [241]
2014 Max Hass Alex Solowitz Wolfenstein Severe brain damage since birth [242]
2012 Nagito Komaeda Megumi Ogata Danganronpa During Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, he claims to have been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. In Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, he is seen with a prosthetic hand that replaces the hand he sewed onto himself prior to the events of the anime. [citation needed]
2017 Gregg Lee — Night in the Woods Bipolar disorder [238]
2019 Lena, the Cryptozoologist's wife Tegen Hitchens Disco Elysium Paraplegia [243]
2000 Alice Liddell Susie Brann American McGee's Alice and Alice: Madness Returns Psychosis [244][245]
2023 Link — The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Has an injured arm, replaced by a magical prosthesis [246]
2007 Jeff "Joker" Moreau Seth Green Mass Effect Brittle bone disease [241]
2022 Olivia — Fear & Hunger 2: Termina Paraplegia [247]
2017 Senua Melina Juergens Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Severe psychosis [248]
2020 Sunny — Omori Depression [249]
2012 Taimi Debi Derryberry Guild Wars Unspecified degenerative bone disorder [241]
2002 Kenshi Takahashi Noah Fleder Mortal Kombat Blindness [250]
1997 Barret Wallace Beau Billingslea and Masahiro Kobayashi, among others Final Fantasy VII Has a missing hand replaced with a gatling gun called a "Gimmick Arm" [251]
2013 Zero Tara Platt and Maaya Uchida Drakengard 3 Has a prosthetic arm [252]

Mascots

The Paralympic Phryge, the mascot of the 2024 Summer Paralympics, has a prosthetic leg
Year Character Origin Creator Disability Ref.
1992 Petra 1992 Summer Paralympics Javier Mariscal Missing arms [253]
1994 Sondre 1994 Winter Paralympics Tor Lindrupsen and Janne Solem Missing leg [254]
2024 Paralympic Phryge 2024 Summer Paralympics Gilles Deleris Missing leg, wears a prosthesis [255][256]
2026 Milo 2026 Winter Paralympics Istituto Comprensivo Taverna Missing leg [257]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Actors described will only apply to those who voiced or provided motion acting for the video game versions, not any film or television depictions.

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