List of fictional characters with disabilities

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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

The names are organized alphabetically by surname (i.e. last name), or by single name if the character does not have a surname.

Comics and Manga
Year Character Series/Franchise Author/Publisher Disability
2001-2010 Izumi Curtis Fullmetal Alchemist Hiromu Arakawa Izumi has a chronic illness due to missing organs.[2]
2001-2010 Edward Elric Fullmetal Alchemist Hiromu Arakawa Edward is a double amputee.[3]
Multiple years Barbara Gordon Various DC Comics series Multiple authors 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.[4][5]
2004-2011 Johnny Joestar JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Steel Ball Run) Hirohiko Araki Johnny was paralysed from the waist down in his adolescence due to antagonising a passerby and was subsequently shot in the spine as retaliation. He later suffered from severe depression due to regret for his actions and for his career as a horse jockey being in indefinite jeopardy. He uses both a wheelchair and his horse "Slow Dancer" to move.
2004-2014 Celty Sturluson Durarara!! Ryohgo Narita Mute and communicates with a PDA.[6]
2009-2016 Homestuck trolls Homestuck Andrew Hussie Many protagonists have disabilities, mostly from battle.[7] Notably, Tavros Nitram has lower-body paralysis, Meulin Leijon is deaf, Terezi Pyrope is blind and synesthesic, and Mituna Captor has brain damage.
2013- Silver Scorpion (Bashir Bari) Liquid Comics Ron Marz and Ian Edginton Bashir loses his legs in an accident. Late he becomes the new host of an ancient power hidden for ages.

Literature
Year Character(s) Book Author(s) Disability
1964 Barquentine Gormenghast series Mervyn Peake One-legged, hunchbacked dwarf.[8]
1996-Present Tyrion Lannister A Song of Ice and Fire George R. R. Martin Dwarf.[9][10]
1978 Geraldine "Jellybean" Oxley Welcome Home, Jellybean Marlene Fanta Shyer Intellectual disability
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.[11]
1831 Quasimodo The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Victor Hugo Deaf and partial blindness
2019 Kalyn Spence Wild and Crooked Leah Thomas

Film
Year Character Actor Film Disability
2011 Heinz Doofenschmirtz (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.[12][13][14][15]
2015 Imperator Furiosa Charlize Theron Mad Max: Fury Road She is missing an arm and uses a robotic prosthetic.[16][17]
2021 Jie Kaylee Hottle Godzilla vs. Kong Jie is deaf.[18][19]
2015 Marie Nakazawa Tao Tsuchiya Library Wars: The Last Mission She is deaf in one ear and HoH in the other, using a hearing aid.[20][21]

Television
Year Character Actor(s) Series Disability
2017-2019 Red Action Kali Hawk OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes A cyborg teenage girl who is missing a leg and uses a prosthetic.[22][23][24][25]
2018-Present Amaya N/A The Dragon Prince Amaya is a deaf and communicates in sign language.[26][27]
2009-2016 Arthur "Artie" Abrams Kevin McHale Glee Paraplegic wheelchair user.[28]
2002-2008 Butchie S. Robert Morgan The Wire Butchie is blind and is portrayed by a blind actor.[29][30]
2016-2020 Christina Montse Hernandez Elena of Avalor Uses a wheelchair.[31][32]
2010-2018 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.[33]
2012-2018 Gobber the Belch Craig Ferguson DreamWorks Dragons Has a prosthetic left arm and right leg, and a 'prosthetic' tooth.[34][35]
2018-Present Gary Goodspeed Olan Rogers Final Space He has a prosthetic, cybernetic arm.[36]
2016 Izetta Himika Akaneya Izetta: The Last Witch She is a wheelchair user.[37]
2018-Present Kazi Ashleica Edmond The Dragon Prince Sunfire Elf sign language interpreter.[38][39]
2020 Eleanor Kimble Cassidy Marie Huff Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy Paraplegic wheelchair user portrayed by a disability advocate with Conradi-Hünermann syndrome.[40][41]
1987-1994 Geordi La Forge LeVar Burton Star Trek: The Next Generation Blind since birth, and uses technological devices to allow him to see.[42]
2020 Lancelot Rupert Penry-Jones Wizards: Tales of Arcadia Has a prosthetic left arm and shoulder that is white with golden clockwork.[43]
2013-Present Neopolitan N/A RWBY She is mute.
1989-1993 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.[44]
1994-2009 Kerry Weaver Laura Innes ER Limp in her gait due to congenital hip dysplasia.[45][46]
2013-Present Yang Xiao Long Barbara Dunkelman RWBY She is an amputee and uses a robotic prosthetic.[47]

See also

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