List of fictional characters with disabilities

Fictional characters with disabilities appear 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. 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, autistic fictional characters are listed on their own page and are not included here.

Literature

Year	Character	Book	Author	Disability
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.
1818	DeLacey	Frankenstein	Mary Shelly	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.
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.
1838	Smike	Nicholas Nickleby	Charles Dickens	He has deformed limbs and has intellectual and communication difficulties related to the abuse he has suffered.
1843	Tiny Tim	A Christmas Carol	Charles Dickens	Tiny Tim is believed to have had either rickets, tuberculosis, polio, and/or cerebral palsy.
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.
1883	Long John Silver	Treasure Island	Treasure Island	A pirate with a missing leg, and eyepatch and another who has lost his sight.
1883	Blind Pew	Treasure Island	Treasure Island	A pirate with a missing leg, and eyepatch and another who has lost his sight.
1904	Captain Hook	Peter and Wendy	J. M. Barrie	A pirate with a missing hand
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.
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.
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.
1937	Candy	Of Mice and Men	John Steinbeck	Candy is an old man with a stooped posture and no right hand, which he lost in an accident on the ranch.
1937	Crooks	Of Mice and Men	John Steinbeck	Crooks has a crooked spine from an accident with a horse. Crooks is doubly marginalized by his disability and race.
1964	Barquentine	Gormenghast series	Mervyn Peake	One-legged, hunchbacked dwarf.
1966	Charlie Gordon	Flowers for Algernon	Daniel Keyes	Mild intellectual disability
1973	Mr Johnny Gotobed	Carrie's War	Nina Bawden	He has both communication and learning disabilities.
1978	Walter	Walter	David Cook	He has learning and communication disabilities.
1996	Tyrion Lannister	A Song of Ice and Fire	George R. R. Martin	An unspecified type of dwarfism and severe facial disfigurement.
2001	Shawn	Stuck In Neutral	Terry Trueman	Cerebral palsy
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.
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.
2012	Melody Brooks	Out of My Mind	Sharon M. Draper	Cerebral palsy
2012	August Pullman	Wonder	R.J. Palacio	Facial difference
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.

Live-action films

Year	Character	Film	Disability	Actor
1952	Larry Nevins	Bright Victory	Blind	Arthur Kennedy
1954	Hal Jeffries	Rear Window	Wheelchair user	James Stewart
1965	Selina D'Arcey	A Patch of Blue	Blind	Elizabeth Hartman
1967	Susy Hendrix	Wait Until Dark	Blind	Audrey Hepburm
1969	Singer	The Heart is a Lonely Hunter	Deaf and mute	Alan Arkin
1982	Walter	Walter	Learning disabilities	Ian McKellen
1985	Mr Will	Places in the Heart	Blind	John Malkovich
1988	Willow Ulfgood	Willow	Short stature	Warwick Davis
1988	Eric Cruise	Mac and Me	Wheelchair user	Jade Calegory
1989	Nick Parker	Blind Fury	Blind	Rutger Hauer
1992	Lennie Small	Of Mice and Men	Learning disabilities	John Malkovich
1992	Frank Slade	Scent of a Woman	Blind	Al Pacino
1994	Forrest Gump	Forrest Gump	Borderline intellectual functioning	Tom Hanks
1999	Lincoln Rhyme	The Bone Collector	Quadriplegic	Denzel Washington
2002	Charles Xavier	X-Men	Wheelchair user	Patrick Stewart
2002	Bill Porter	Door to Door	Cerebral palsy	Williams H. Macey
2003	Finbar McBride	The Station Agent	Dwarfism	Peter Dinklage
2004	Rory O'Shae	Inside I'm Dancing	Quadriplegic wheelchair user	James McAvoy
2004	Ivy Elizabeth Walker	The Village	Blind	Bryce Dallas Howard
2007	Art Honeyman	Music Within	Cerebral palsy	Michael Sheen
2007	H.W. Plainview	There Will Be Blood	Deaf	Dillon Freasier & Russell Harvard
2008	Laura Miller	Sweet Nothing in My Ear	Deaf	Marlee Maitlin
2013	Tim	House of Last Things	Cerebral palsy	RJ Mitte
2014	Laila	Margarita with a Straw	Cerebral palsy	Kalki Koechlin
2014	Gazelle	Kingsman	Double leg amputee	Sofia Boutella
2015	Imperator Furiosa	Mad Max: Fury Road	She is missing an arm and uses a robotic prosthetic.	Charlize Theron
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
2016	Will Traynor	Me Before You	Paralysed	Sam Clafin
2016	Lee Chandler	Manchester by the Sea	Post-traumatic stress disorder	Casey Affleck
2016	Dr Strange	Marvel Cinematic Universe	Alison Halstead
2024	Nessarose	Wicked	Wheelchair user	Marissa Bode

Animated films and TV series

First year	Character	Title	Disability	Voice actor
1979-1980	André Grandier	Rose of Versailles	Later loses sight in his left eye and his condition slowly worsens until he is completely blind.	Tarô Shigaki
1987	Bart Simpson	The Simpsons	Has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.	Nancy Cartwright
1997	Ned Gerblanski	South Park	Missing his right arm, speaks with an electrolarynx.	Trey Parker
1999	Joe Swanson	Family Guy	He is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair.	Patrick Warburton
2000	Timmy Burch	South Park	Has both palsy and tourette's, uses a wheelchair.	Trey Parker
2001	Jimmy Valmer	South Park	Ataxic cerebral palsy, exotropia, use of crutches to assist in equinus and crouch gait.	Trey Parker
2004	Nathan	South Park	Down syndrome and possible sociopathy.	Trey Parker
2006	Toph Beifong	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Blind	Michaela Jill Murphy
2007	Thomas	South Park	Tourette's syndrome	Matt Stone
2008	Scott Malkinson	South Park	Type 1 diabetes and a speech impediment.	Matt Stone
2010	Hiccup	How to Train Your Dragon	Has a prosthetic left leg	Jay Baruchel
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
2010	Gobber the Belch	How to Train Your Dragon	Has a prosthetic left arm and right leg	Craig Ferguson
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
2013	General James Ironwood	RWBY	Has robotic prosthetics.	Jason Rose
2013	Neopolitan	RWBY	Mute
2013	Yang Xiao Long	RWBY	Has a cybernetic prosthetic right arm and deals with PTSD.	Barbara Dunkelman
2016	Izetta	Izetta: The Last Witch	She is a wheelchair user.	Himika Akaneya
2016	Christina	Elena of Avalor	Uses a wheelchair.	Montse Hernandez
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
2018	Amaya	The Dragon Prince	Amaya is deaf and communicates in American Sign Language.
2018	Gary Goodspeed	Final Space	He has a prosthetic, cybernetic arm.	Olan Rogers
2018	Violet Evergarden	Violet Evergarden	Uses metal prosthetic arms and has prosthetic hands.	Yui Ishikawa
2019	Sophie Gray	South Park	Type 1 diabetes	Becca Scott
2020	Lancelot	Wizards: Tales of Arcadia	Has a prosthetic left arm and shoulder.	Rupert Penry-Jones
2020	Eleanor Kimble	Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy	Paraplegic wheelchair user portrayed by a disability advocate with Conradi-Hünermann syndrome.	Cassidy Marie Huff
2023	Ringo	Blue Eye Samurai	Amputee	Masi Oka
2023-	Lakan	The Apothecary Diaries	He is a face-blind, monocle-wearing official and the head of the La clan.	Takuya Kirimoto
2023	Ballister Boldheart	Nimona	Missing arm	Riz Ahmed
2024	Megumi Kaionji	Narenare: Cheer for You!	She is a wheelchair user.	Miku Itō
2026-	Shizuka Yakou	The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife	A quiet, blind. and bashful woman who works at a small detective agency, and uses a white cane when walking.	Yuka Nukui

Video games

First year	Character	Actor	Game/Series	Disability
1990	Big Boss	David Hayter and Akio Otsuka, among others	Metal Gear	Has a missing eye and wears an eyepatch
1993	Jax	Ed Boon, among others	Mortal Kombat	Has two bionic prosthetic arms
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"
1998	Revolver Ocelot	Patric Zimmerman and Kōji Totani, among others	Metal Gear	Had a missing arm replaced with a transplant from Liquid Snake
2000	Alice Liddell	Susie Brann	American McGee's Alice and Alice: Madness Returns	Psychosis
2001	Raiden	Quinton Flynn and Kenyu Horiuchi	Metal Gear	Had much of his body destroyed and replaced with cybernetics
2002	Kenshi Takahashi	Noah Fleder	Mortal Kombat	Blind
2005	Goro Majima	Hidenari Ugaki, Mark Hamill, and Matthew Mercer	Yakuza	Has a missing eye and wears an eyepatch
2005	Bentley		Sly 3	Became paraplegic at the end of the previous game, Sly 2: Band of Thieves. Now is wheelchair bound.
2007	Jeff "Joker" Moreau	Seth Green	Mass Effect	Brittle bone disease
2008	Nero	Johnny Yong Bosch and Kaito Ishikawa	Devil May Cry	Has a prosthetic arm called the Devil Bringer
2012	Clementine	Melissa Hutchison	The Walking Dead	Has an amputated leg
2012	Sir Hammerlock	J. Michael Tatum	Borderlands 2	Amputee
2012	Taimi	Debi Derryberry	Guild Wars	Unspecified degenerative bone disorder
2012	Billie Lurk	Kristy Wu	Dishonored	Has a missing right eye and right arm.
2013	Zero	Tara Platt and Maaya Uchida	Drakengard 3	Has a prosthetic arm
2014	Max Hass	Alex Solowitz	Wolfenstein	Severe brain damage since birth
2015	Venom Snake	Kiefer Sutherland	Metal Gear	Has a missing eye and arm, wears an eyepatch and prosthetic limb.
2015	Fran Bow		Fran Bow	Psychosis.
2015	Gherman, the First Hunter	Allan Corduner	Bloodborne	Wheelchair user.
2016	Lorian, Elder Prince		Dark Souls III	Has both legs shattered and is unable to properly walk, needing teleportation magic or crawling on his hands in order to move.
2016	Cassidy	Matthew Mercer	Overwatch	Has a cybernetic prosthetic arm
2016	Symmetra	Anjali Bhimani	Overwatch	Has a cybernetic prosthetic arm
2016	Junkrat	Chris Parson	Overwatch	Has a prosthetic right leg
2017	Doomfist	Sahr Ngaujah	Overwatch	Has a cybernetic prosthetic arm
2017	Diogenes		Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy	Has no lower body mobility.
2017	Mae Borowski	Em Halberstadt	Night in the Woods	Depression, anxiety, dissociation
2017	Gregg Lee		Night in the Woods	Bipolar disorder
2017	Senua	Melina Juergens	Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice	Severe psychosis
2019	Lena, the Cryptozoologist's wife	Tegen Hitchens	Disco Elysium	Paraplegia
2019	Kukrushka		Gnosia	Muteness
2020	Sunny		Omori	Depression
2022	Kotallo	Noshir Dalal	Horizon Forbidden West	Has a prosthetic left arm
2022	Olivia		Fear & Hunger 2: Termina	Paraplegia
2023	Link		The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom	Link has an injured right arm, which was replaced with a magical prosthesis. At the end of the game, the prothesis disappears.
2020	Dori Sangemah Bay	Anjali Kunapaneni	Genshin Impact	Short stature
2020	Iansan	Katrina Salisbury	Genshin Impact	Short stature
2025	Dan	Daniel	Wildwood Down	Down syndrome

Mascots

Year	Character	Origin	Creator	Disability
1992	Petra	1992 Summer Paralympics	Javier Mariscal	Missing arms
1994	Sondre	1994 Winter Paralympics	Tor Lindrupsen and Janne Solem	Missing leg
2024	Paralympic Phryge	2024 Summer Paralympics	Gilles Deleris	Missing leg, wears a prosthesis
2026	Milo	2026 Winter Paralympics	Istituto Comprensivo Taverna	Missing leg