Wicked Fox by Kat Cho
Goodreads | AmazonGenre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Young Adult
Character w/ Disability: Protagonist or Main Character
Disability: SPOILER
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: Yes
Notes: seizures and migraines (acquired, magical cause)
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Representation of physical disabilities is hard to find, especially in sci-fi/fantasy, so my goal is to make a list containing as many sci-fi/fantasy books with physically disabled and chronically ill characters as possible.
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Disability: SPOILER
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: Yes
Notes: seizures and migraines (acquired, magical cause)
Disability: SPOILER, SPOILER - limp/cane/mobility
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Notes: knee injury during book with longterm mobility issues
Disability: Fictional Chronic Illness, SPOILER, SPOILER - Scars / Physical Differences
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: Unknown, Yes
Notes: Facial scars. Magical (zombies feeding on life force).
Disability: SPOILER, SPOILER - Brain Injury, SPOILER - limp/cane/mobility
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: Unknown
Disability: SPOILER, SPOILER - Heart Condition
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: Unknown
Notes: Pacemaker, not revealed until Book 2.
Disability: SPOILER, SPOILER - Chronic Pain, SPOILER - Uses Wheelchair
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: Unknown
Notes: Note from submitter about whether disability is cured: It's unclear because it happens at the end of the latest book but the character who has magical healing powers says that even though she can't fully heal it something can be done.
Disability: SPOILER, SPOILER - Amputation / Missing Limb
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Notes: Main character Kyran loses a leg.
Disability: SPOILER, SPOILER - Missing One Eye / Blindness in One Eye
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Notes: One of the main characters, Julien, loses an eye near the end of Book 2.
Disability: SPOILER, SPOILER - Missing One Eye / Blindness in One Eye
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Notes: Matt has blindness in left eye.
Disability: SPOILER, SPOILER - Hemineglect, SPOILER - Missing One Eye / Blindness in One Eye
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Notes: Baru has hemineglect/partial blindness, though one review states the book acknowledges it's not exactly the same as any real world disability.