List of fictional characters with disabilities

This is a list of fictional characters with disabilities in various mediums, including novels, comics, television, and movies.

Character name	Work	Medium	Notes
Arthur "Artie" Abrams	Glee	Television	Guitarist and paraplegic wheelchair user portrayed by Kevin McHale.[1]
Barquentine	Gormenghast series	Literature	One-legged, hunchbacked dwarf
Butchie	The Wire	Television	Blind bar owner and advisor to Omar Little portrayed by S. Robert Morgan, who is himself blind.
Corky Thatcher	Life Goes On	Television	First major character with Down syndrome on a television series. Portrayed by Chris Burke who also has Down syndrome.[2]
Fullmetal Alchemist characters	Fullmetal Alchemist	Manga	Many characters are disabled, notably Edward Elric, a double amputee; Izumi Curtis has a chronic illness due to missing organs; Roy Mustang goes blind; and Jean Havoc is paralyzed below the waist by being stabbed.
Fusion	The Amazing Spider-Man	Comics	Twins with dwarfism fused into a single body
Geordi La Forge	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Television	Blind since birth, and uses technological devices to allow him to see. Portrayed by LeVar Burton.[3]
Barbara Gordon	Various DC Comics series	Comics	Originally Batgirl, she became paraplegic when shot in the 1988 graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke and revamped as the computer hacker Oracle. The character's paralysis has been the subject of much critical commentary for and against restoring her mobility.[4][5]
Víctor Gutiérrez	Bia	Television	29-year-old musician who uses a wheelchair for 10 years after a car accident.
Augustus Hill	Oz	Television	Paralyzed from the waist down when shot during a police raid. Portrayed by Harold Perrineau.
Jimmy Valmer	South Park	Television	Young boy with cerebral palsy.
Joe Swanson	Family Guy	Television	Uses a wheelchair after being shot by criminal Bobby Briggs. Voiced by Patrick Warburton.
Naomi Kaya	The Savior's Champion	Literature	Protagonist's sister paralyzed from the waist down is the reason the main character enters the story's tournament.
Stevie Kenarban	Malcolm in the middle	Television	Wheelchair user with asthma and missing a lung
Jack Hodgins	Bones	Television	Paralyzed from the waist down by an explosion during the eleventh season of Bones. Portrayed by T. J. Thyne.
Homestuck trolls	Homestuck	Webcomics	Many protagonists have disabilities, mostly from battle.[6] Notably, Tavros Nitram has lower-body paralysis, Meulin Leijon is deaf, Terezi Pyrope is blind and synesthesic, Mituna Captor has brain damage.
Robert T. Ironside	Ironside 2013 remake	Television	Police consultant shot and paralyzed from the waist down. Portrayed by Raymond Burr in the 1967 original and Blair Underwood in the 2013 remake.
Tess Kaufman	Reasonable Doubts	Television	Deaf assistant district attorney portrayed by Marlee Matlin, who is also deaf.
Nunnally Lamperouge	Code Geass	Anime	Shot and paralyzed; subsequently blind apparently from psychological trauma.
Sid Halley	Whip Hand	Literature	Detective who lost his left hand due to a racing accident and subsequent beating by thugs.
Tyrion Lannister	A Song of Ice and Fire Game of Thrones	Literature and television	Dwarf, one of the series' most popular characters, played to critical acclaim by Peter Dinklage.[7][8]
Mongo the Magnificent	Mongo series by George C. Chesbro	Literature	Former circus acrobat with dwarfism, now a private investigator
Jacob Milligan	Call the Midwife	Television	Minor character with cerebral palsy. Works as a clerk at the institution for special needs people in which he lives. Falls in love with a girl with Down syndrome.
Puck	Alpha Flight	Comics	Originally a dwarf with no superhuman powers, his stature was retconned as having been caused by mystical influences.[9]
Jake Sully	Avatar	Film	Paraplegic former Marine portrayed by Sam Worthington.
Kerry Weaver	ER	Television	Limp in her gait due to congenital hip dysplasia[10]
Professor Charles Francis Xavier	Various Marvel Comics series and adaptations	Comics	Major character typically portrayed as paraplegic, he has been portrayed by several actors.
Maedhros	The Silmarillion	Book	Missing his right hand after slicing it off to escape a shackle
Beren	The Silmarillion	Book	Missing a hand after it is bitten off by Carcharoth
Sador	Unfinished Tales, The Children of Hurin	Book	Wood-man who served Húrin's family and accidentally cut off his leg
Kitty Ko	Sidekick	Television	Two left feet, literally
Toph Beifong	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Television	Blind from birth, "seeing" through her feet makes her one of the most powerful Earthbenders
Taina Miranda	The Unstoppable Wasp	Comics	Has cerebral palsy, uses ambulatory wheelchair and arm-crutch
General Amaya	The Dragon Prince	Television	Is Deaf and uses ASL throughout the show, sometimes with an interpreter but never with subtitles

See also

• List of fictional characters with bipolar disorder

References

1. Steinberg, Jamie (May 2009). "Kevin McHale - Getting Glee". Starry Constellation Magazine. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
2. McDaniel, Jo Beth; Burke, Chris. A Special Kind of Hero: Chris Burke’s Own Story. Doubleday, 1991.
3. Roddenberry, Gene (1987). Star Trek: The Next Generation Writer/Director's Guide (PDF). Hollywood, CA: Paramount Domestic Television. p. 7.
4. Joey Esposito (March 30, 2009), The Life and Times of Barbara Gordon, CraveOnline, archived from the original on June 5, 2012, retrieved July 6, 2011
5. Ray Tate (December 31, 2000), LINE OF FIRE REVIEWS: Batman Gotham Knights #12, archived from the original on May 22, 2011, retrieved November 25, 2007
6. "CFP: Disability and/in/through fanfiction (Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, special issue) | H-Disability | H-Net". networks.h-net.org. Retrieved 2017-09-17. Fanfiction loves its disabled characters ( Stiles from Teen Wolf, Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon, Homestuck, House, River Tam from Firefly)...
7. Orr, David (August 12, 2011). "Dragons Ascendant: George R. R. Martin and the Rise of Fantasy". The New York Times. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
8. Kois, Dan (March 29, 2012). "Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
9. http://byrnerobotics.com/FAQ/listing.asp?ID=2&T1=Questions+about+Comic+Book+Projects#140
10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-09-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)