
The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
Goodreads | AmazonGenre: LGBT, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Character w/ Disability: Protagonist or Main Character
Disability: Limp / Cane / Mobility
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Notes: Sunai has a bad ankle.
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Disability: Limp / Cane / Mobility
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Notes: Sunai has a bad ankle.
Disability: Limp / Cane / Mobility
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Notes: Mobiliy (foot binding)
Disability: Limp / Cane / Mobility, Scars / Physical Differences
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Notes: physical/mobility - leg injury and scars
Disability: Limp / Cane / Mobility
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Disability: Amputation / Missing Limb, Limp / Cane / Mobility
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: Unknown
Notes: Amputee, uses crutches
Disability: Limp / Cane / Mobility
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: Unknown
Notes: Walks with a cane.
Disability: Asthma, Limp / Cane / Mobility
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Notes: Injury to foot early in story (I classified as limp/cane/crutches because it seemed closest, but idk if that's accurate).
Disability: Limp / Cane / Mobility
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Disability: Deafness / Hard of Hearing, Limp / Cane / Mobility
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: Unknown
Notes: Els has hearing loss. Samuel has a bad foot.
Disability: Limp / Cane / Mobility, Unknown
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Notes: One of the mainc characters has a bad limp and the other main character has a fainting illness. Both are mentioned multiple times throughout the series and are a big part of the characters.