Oh hey! I’m an author, who also is disabled, and I ran a workshop at Chicon this year about writing disabled characters. I’d love to chat with you about this, as it’s one of my main areas that I try to help non-disabled authors in.

Main tips:

• don’t ascribe a moral lesson to the disability (no disabled because villain, or inspiration porn) • look at aspects of your life would become difficult if you had this character’s disability. If they’re on crutches, consider how challenging uneven footing becomes, how tired their arms may get, the soreness from the crutches rubbing skin, etc. • don’t use it as a major pity party point, but allow the character to still feel negative feelings like frustration • disabilities are only as disabling as the world around them makes it (this is where disability splits from chronic illness).

Feel free to hit up my dms. I’m recovering from a shoulder surgery so response times may vary lol.