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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 are organized alphabetically by surname, or by single name if the character does not have a surname.

Comics and manga

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First year Character Series/Franchise Author/Publisher Disability Ref.
1964 Daredevil Daredevil Marvel Comics Blindness [2]
1991 Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Saturn) Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Hotaru has mysterious seizures due to being the host of the Daimon Mistress 9. [3]
2001 Izumi Curtis Fullmetal Alchemist Hiromu Arakawa Izumi has a chronic illness due to missing organs [4]
Edward Elric Edward is a double amputee [5]
2001 Kiyoharu Togawa, Tomomi Nomiya, and Hisanobu Takahashi Real Takehiko Inoue Wheelchair-bound [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. [6][7]
2004 Celty Sturluson Durarara!! Ryohgo Narita Mute and communicates with a personal digital assistant [8]
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. [9]
2004 Johnny Joestar JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Hirohiko Araki Paraplegic and wheelchair bound after being shot in the back. [10]
1984 Jericho Teen Titans DC Comics Mute and communicates with American Sign Language [11]

Literature

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A painting of Quasimodo by Antoine Wiertz
An illustration of Long John Silver by N. C. Wyeth
First year Character(s) Book Author(s) Disability Ref.
1964 Barquentine Gormenghast series Mervyn Peake One-legged, hunchbacked dwarf. [12]
1996 Tyrion Lannister A Song of Ice and Fire George R. R. Martin An unspecified type of dwarfism. [13][14]
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. [15]
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 [citation needed]
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. [16]
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. [17]
1883 Long John Silver Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson A pirate with a missing leg [18]
1904 Captain Hook Peter and Wendy J. M. Barrie A pirate with a missing hand [19]

Film

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The costume of Imperator Furiosa used in Mad Max: Fury Road, featuring her prosthetic arm
First year Character Actor Film Disability Ref.
2010 Hiccup Jay Baruchel How to Train Your Dragon Has a prosthetic left leg [20]
1992 Frank Slade Al Pacino Scent of a Woman Blindness [21]
1999 Tyler Durden Edward Norton & Brad Pitt Fight Club Tyler has schizophrenia and insomnia which causes him to hallucinate an alternate version of himself. [22]
2002 Barry Egan Adam Sandler Punch-Drunk Love Barry has autism and OCD. [23]
2004 Ivy Elizabeth Walker Bryce Dallas Howard The Village Blindness [24]
2007 H.W. Plainview Dillon Freasier & Russell Harvard There Will Be Blood Deafness [25]
2011 Heinz Doofenshmirtz (2nd Dimension) Dan Povenmire 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. [26][27][28][29]
2019 Violet Evergarden Yui Ishikawa 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. [30][31][32]
2020 Violet Evergarden: The Movie
2015 Imperator Furiosa Charlize Theron Mad Max: Fury Road She is missing an arm and uses a robotic prosthetic. [33][34]
2015 Marie Nakazawa Tao Tsuchiya Library Wars: The Last Mission She is deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, using a hearing aid. [35][36]
2016 Lee Chandler Casey Affleck Manchester by the Sea Lee experiences post-traumatic stress disorder. [37]
2021 Jie Kaylee Hottle Godzilla vs. Kong Deafness [38][39]

Television

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Yang Xiao Long from RWBY has a robotic prosthetic right arm
Neopolitan from RWBY is mute
The Twelfth Doctor, portrayed by Peter Capaldi in Doctor Who, has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
First year Character Actor(s) Series Disability Ref.
2017 Red Action Kali Hawk OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes A cyborg teenage girl who is missing a leg and uses a prosthetic. [40][41][42][43]
2018 Amaya The Dragon Prince Amaya is deaf and communicates in American Sign Language. [44][45]
2009 Arthur "Artie" Abrams Kevin McHale Glee Paraplegic wheelchair user. [46]
2006 Toph Beifong Michaela Jill Murphy Avatar: The Last Airbender Blindness [47]
2002 Butchie S. Robert Morgan The Wire Butchie is blind and is portrayed by a blind actor. [48][49]
2016 Christina Montse Hernandez Elena of Avalor Uses a wheelchair. [50][51]
2018 Violet Evergarden Yui Ishikawa Violet Evergarden Uses metal prosthetic arms. [52][53][54]
2010 Finn the Human Jeremy Shada Adventure Time Beginning in Season 6, he has a robotic, prosthetic arm, and previously a grass sword coming from his arm. [55]
2010 Gobber the Belch Craig Ferguson How to Train Your Dragon Has a prosthetic left arm and right leg [56][57]
2011 Martin Goodman Paul Ritter Friday Night Dinner Hard of hearing and uses a hearing aid. [58]
2018 Gary Goodspeed Olan Rogers Final Space He has a prosthetic, cybernetic arm. [59]
2016 Izetta Himika Akaneya Izetta: The Last Witch She is a wheelchair user. [60]
2018 Kazi Ashleica Edmond The Dragon Prince Sunfire Elf sign language interpreter. [61][62]
2020 Eleanor Kimble Cassidy Marie Huff Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy Paraplegic wheelchair user portrayed by a disability advocate with Conradi-Hünermann syndrome. [63][64]
1987 Geordi La Forge LeVar Burton Star Trek: The Next Generation Blind since birth, and uses technological devices to allow him to see. [65]
2020 Lancelot Rupert Penry-Jones Wizards: Tales of Arcadia Has a prosthetic left arm and shoulder [66]
2023 Kirsty Millar Kiruna Stamell Doctors Dwarfism [67]
2013 Neopolitan RWBY Mutism [68][69]
1987 Bart Simpson Nancy Cartwright The Simpsons Has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [70]
1989 Corky Thatcher Chris Burke Life Goes On First major character with Down syndrome on a television series, portrayed by a person who also has Down syndrome. [71]
2018 Penny Stevenson Cerrie Burnell Doctors She was born with a right arm that ends just below the elbow. [72]
1999 Joe Swanson Patrick Warburton Family Guy He is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair. [73]
2005 Tenth Doctor David Tennant Doctor Who States in the audiobook The Last Voyage that he is not neurotypical, but does not mention a specific condition. [74]
2014 Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [75][76]
2019 Bear Sylvester Dex Lee Dyslexia [77]
1994 Kerry Weaver Laura Innes ER Limp in her gait due to congenital hip dysplasia [78][79]
1997 Ned Gerblanski Trey Parker South Park Missing his right arm, speaks with an electrolarynx

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2000 Timmy Burch Trey Parker South Park Has both palsy and tourette's, uses a wheelchair. [82] [83]
2001 Jimmy Valmer Trey Parker South Park Ataxic cerebral palsy, exotropia, use of crutches to assist in equinus and crouch gait. [84] [85]
2004 Nathan Trey Parker South Park Down syndrome and possible sociopathy. [86]
2007 Thomas Matt Stone South Park Tourette's syndrome [87] [88]
2008 Scott Malkinson Matt Stone South Park Type 1 Diabetes and a speech impediment. [89][90]
2019 Sophie Gray Becca Scott South Park Type 1 Diabetes [91]
2004 Gregory House Hugh Laurie 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. [92]
2008 Walter White Jr. RJ Mitte Breaking Bad He has cerebral palsy, which manifests itself in speech difficulties and impaired motor control, requiring crutches to walk. [93]
2008 Hector Salamanca Mark Margolis Breaking Bad Hector uses a wheelchair. [94]
2013 Yang Xiao Long Barbara Dunkelman RWBY Has a robotic prosthetic arm [95]
2013 Clarissa Mullery Liz Carr Silent Witness She has Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, a rare genetic condition that limits joint movement. She is a mobility scooter user. [citation needed]
2019 Tim Tim Renkow Jerk Tim the character and Tim the actor/writer both have Cerebral Palsy. [citation needed]
2017 Cherry Dorrington Francesca Mills Harlots Dwarfism [citation needed]
2022 Sam Schneider Jessica Hoechstetter What's the Rule Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [96]
2023 Ringo Masi Oka Blue Eye Samurai Amputee [97]
2023 Owen Davies Zak Ford-Williams 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. [citation needed]
2023 Mike, Sonny and Dan Jack Carroll, Zak Ford-Williams and Ruben Reuter Mobility BAFTA winning comedy short. Mike has Cerebral Palsy and uses a walking frame, Sonny has an unspecified condition but is a wheelchair user and Dan has Down syndrome. [citation needed]
2024 Matthew Shardlake Arthur Hughes Shardlake He has radial dysplasia affecting his right arm. [citation needed]
2024 Lord Remington Zak Ford-Williams Bridgerton Unknown condition, but he is a bath chair user [citation needed]
2023 Dolph Laserhawk Nathaniel Curtis Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix Both his left arm and the right side of his face have been replaced with robotic prosthetics.
2023 Pey'j Glenn Wrage Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix His eyes have seemingly been replaced by robotic prosthetics.
2023 Marcus Holloway Mark Ebulue Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix Blindness in one eye.
2023 Red Adi Shankar Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix His left arm was replaced with a robotic prosthetic.
2023 Sam Fisher Nigel Barber Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix He is a double leg amputee and uses a wheelchair.

Video games

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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 [98]
2001 Raiden Quinton Flynn and Kenyu Horiuchi Metal Gear Had much of his body destroyed and replaced with cybernetics [99]
1998 Revolver Ocelot Patric Zimmerman and Kōji Totani, among others Metal Gear Had a missing arm replaced with a transplant from Liquid Snake [100]
2016 Cassidy Matthew Mercer Overwatch Has a cybernetic prosthetic arm [101]
2016 Symmetra Anjali Bhimani Overwatch Has a cybernetic prosthetic arm [102]
2012 Clementine Melissa Hutchison The Walking Dead Has an amputated leg [103]
2017 Doomfist Sahr Ngaujah Overwatch Has a cybernetic prosthetic arm [104]
1993 Jax Ed Boon, among others Mortal Kombat Has two bionic prosthetic arms [105]
2008 Nero Johnny Yong Bosch and Kaito Ishikawa Devil May Cry Has a prosthetic arm called the Devil Bringer [106]
2005 Goro Majima Hidenari Ugaki, Mark Hamill, and Matthew Mercer Yakuza Has a missing eye and wears an eyepatch [98]
2017 Mae Borowski Em Halberstadt Night in the Woods Depression, anxiety, dissociation [107][108]
2015 Fran Bow Fran Bow Psychosis [109]
2012 Sir Hammerlock J. Michael Tatum Borderlands 2 Amputee [110]
2014 Max Hass Alex Solowitz Wolfenstein Severe brain damage since birth [111]
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 [107]
2019 Lena, the Cryptozoologist's wife Tegen Hitchens Disco Elysium Paraplegia [112]
2000 Alice Liddell Susie Brann American McGee's Alice and Alice: Madness Returns Psychosis [113][114]
2023 Link The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Has an injured arm, replaced by a magical prosthesis [115]
2007 Jeff "Joker" Moreau Seth Green Mass Effect Brittle bone disease [110]
2022 Olivia Fear & Hunger 2: Termina Paraplegia [116]
2017 Senua Melina Juergens Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Severe psychosis [117]
2020 Sunny Omori Depression [118]
2012 Taimi Debi Derryberry Guild Wars Unspecified degenerative bone disorder [110]
2002 Kenshi Takahashi Noah Fleder Mortal Kombat Blindness [119]
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" [120]
2013 Zero Tara Platt and Maaya Uchida Drakengard 3 Has a prosthetic arm [121]

Mascots

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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 [122]
1994 Sondre 1994 Winter Paralympics Tor Lindrupsen and Janne Solem Missing leg [123]
2024 Paralympic Phryge 2024 Summer Paralympics Gilles Deleris Missing leg, wears a prosthesis [124][125]
2026 Milo 2026 Winter Paralympics Istituto Comprensivo Taverna Missing leg [126]

See also

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Notes

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  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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