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  2. List of fictional characters with disabilities - Wikipedia

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    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. [2] 1964 Barquentine: Gormenghast series: Mervyn Peake: One-legged, hunchbacked dwarf. [3] 2003 Christopher

  3. The Fugitive (The Twilight Zone) - Wikipedia

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    Old Ben says he must flee to another planet, but before departing he uses a device to heal Jenny's leg. The two strangers run into Jenny walking down the stairs without her brace. They recognize Old Ben's handiwork, but Jenny refuses to tell them anything. One of the men uses a device to make Jenny deathly ill, using her as bait for Ben.

  4. Prosthetics in fiction - Wikipedia

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    This "wooden leg", actually carved out of whalebone, lets him walk with minimal difficulty. The loss of this leg fuels Ahab's obsession with Moby Dick, which costs him his ship, crew, and his life. Mister Ming, the main antagonist of the Bob Morane books, has a robotic prosthesis instead of his right hand, which was lost during an attempt to ...

  5. The Odyssey (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Jay tries to retrieve the telescope with the help of his physically disabled friend Donna (Ashley Rogers), who uses a crutch and a leg brace in order to walk. Jay falls from the tree fort and striking his head against a rock, lapses into a coma. In the coma, Jay finds himself in a fantasy world called Downworld where no one reaches the age of 16.

  6. Resurrection (American TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Resurrection is an American fantasy drama television series that aired from March 9, 2014, ... In 1935, a man wearing a leg brace is lynched by a crowd, which ...

  7. Freak the Mighty - Wikipedia

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    Freak the Mighty is a young adult novel by Rodman Philbrick.Published in 1993, it was followed by the novel Max the Mighty in 1998. The primary characters are friends Maxwell Kane, a large, developmentally disabled, but kind-hearted boy, and Kevin Avery, nicknamed "Freak", who is physically disabled but very intelligent.

  8. Attraction to disability - Wikipedia

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    Legbrace fetishism – the desire for partners who use leg braces; an aspect of abasiophilia; Medical fetishism – a sexualised interest in observing medical practice and receiving medical treatment; Munchhausen's syndrome – those affected by this psychological disorder feign illness and/or cause themselves self-harm

  9. Abasiophilia - Wikipedia

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    Abasiophilia is a psychosexual attraction to people with impaired mobility, especially those who use orthopaedic appliances such as leg braces, orthopedic casts, or wheelchairs. [1] The term abasiophilia was first used by John Money of the Johns Hopkins University in a paper on paraphilias, in 1990. [2] [3]