disabled characters in media 

Please be respectful to disability in the comments. If you came here to be ableist you're just a bit of an a**hole!

Fun fact: Porky was never meant to be stuttering, the voice actor had this problem so recording sessions could be long because of how much he stuttered. If it stood with the character of Porky it's because it sounded well in his character.

TOPH JOKING WITH HER BLINDNESS,I CAN'T 😭😭😭☠️☠️☠️

I love how Bluey incorporates different disabilities into their show. It just shows how amazing this show is for children. I also like how all medias help normalize disabilities to the new generations and just everyone. It’s so heartwarming to me

4:00 BLUEY ACTUALLY SPENT TIME ANIMATING SIGN LANGUAGE? wow 👏👏👏👏👏👏

I love when characters in kids shows are just treated as anyone else. I'm not disabled but I love knowing that we're raising more and more accepting kids

i have autism and without realising it I've always been kind of ashamed of my autistic traits but seeing that muppet brought me some happy tears

I love how Toph embraces and accepts the fact that she's blind, and also makes hilarious jokes about it! She's definitely my favorite character in ATLA, and also the funniest! (But Sokka takes a close second) 😁😅

0:22 "Ooh, look! A goat!" I have ADHD, and this is 100% relatable

It’s good to know that there are many different disability representatives in tv shows/films

4:53 I love how even though she is being insulted she still teaches her how to say the word in sign language

it’s funny how most characters with disabilities aren’t looked upon as stupid or odd. it’s just something that gives a person more character than the normal. i’m glad for that personally lol

5:24 The amount of times the gaang forgot Toph was blind is insane😭

5:06 I'm sorry but "dyslexia" being spelled wrong is just perfect HAHHAHA

In my opinion, Toph is my fav disabled character, she was still such an amazing and capable character that even the characters in the show forgot about her disability.

I love Mandy Mouse's animation where she spins in her wheelchair as a form of joy, it fills me with much joy seeing how the animators expressed that despite how simple it is

In bluey Dougie uses REAL sighn language! Though it was hard to interpret and animate with just four fingers, they did it

I’m a 11 year old with ADHD, and this made me be more happy to show that it’s a normal thing to have, thank you for all you do and your service.

To be honest. When I saw Toph at first I didn't even know she had vision problems. Her earth bending makes her completely in tune with her surroundings working as a form of artificial vision of sorts allowing her to sense things even though she can't see normally through her eyes. That and the fact that she's a capable fighter as well. I mean I guess the greyed out eyes implied something was wrong with her vision but I just glossed over it when I first saw the show. I guess though this is what makes Toph cool as a character. She may be blind but she doesn't let it weigh her down. She is in tune with the earth around her to the point where she doesn't even need help finding her way around. She's capable on her own and is a very strong fighter.

3:28 When I found out that Julia exists, I wanted to cry because it made me happy to know that there is a character from Sesame Street who is also autistic! :)

4:20 literally described adhd perfectly, its the exact same way for me, if I'm not stimulated i might as well punch a wall just to get some stimulation.

As a dyspraxic I really want some dyspraxic characters

5:41 oH nO! WhAt a NiGhtMarE! that made me chortle ☠️

I’m seeing people here like “this makes me feel so represented” Meanwhile I’m here like “man I can’t wait to find out why Fujitora blinded himself”

0:54 here’s a fun fact about Porky: his voice actor actually does have a speech impediment.

I don't watch bluey but it made me teary to see they included a deaf person with sign language. I'm not deaf but it was such a beautiful thing to know that people are being made aware of these problems.

I didn't realize speech impediments counted as disabilities.

FINALLY somebody who actually acknowledges a stutter being a disorder! I have had a stutter since third grade, and it's so annoying to live with. But I've learned to embrace it as just another thing that makes me who I am.

3:50 This is soo sweet

Julia is a pretty good representation of people with autism. It accurately portrays in a way you can understand. (I’m autistic too!)

3:38 - I do not have autism, but I do have hearing sensitivity. Seeing this amidst the auditory hell of my classroom is kind of reassuring.

1:05 i love how perfectly cut that was

5:19 TOPH MY FAVORITE✨✨

Gabriela from the Little Mermaid series was deaf but she still wanted to sing since she liked doing it so much, in her debut she tried going to a starfish that said he could heal her but he turned out to be a fraud and Gabriela learned that she didn't need to be fixed and that she was able to sign beautifully due to Ariel's encouragement. Garrett from Quest for Camelot is blind but he doesn't treat that as an obstruction he's still charming and comedic, he uses his knowledge of his environment to his advantage and he's pretty skilled at hand to hand combat. Chrissie from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood needs to wear metal brace crutches to help get herself around since her legs were paralyzed at birth. Hannah from Fireman Sam has to use a wheelchair since she was born with a walking disability. Max who's also from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is Autistic he hates flashing colors, lights and certain fabrics but likes buses and bugs, he's also voiced by an autistic actor. Bruno from All Engines Go is Autistic as well, he loves being a detective and having fun but takes a little longer to get used to change and hates loud noises, he's also voiced by an autistic actor. Twyla from Monster High has also been confirmed to be Autistic. Scootaloo from Gen 4 of My Little Pony is technically representation of congenital upper limb deficiency, which is where both arms or wings in her case are not properly developed. Aqua Marina from Stingray is mute, she's only able to communicate with others using a tap system or telepathy but that doesn't stop her from rescuing her friends from danger in the sea. Marlee from Blue's Clues is deaf and uses sign language to communicate with Joe and Blue, fun fact Blue's Clues was one of the first preschool shows to incorporate sign language. Elisa from the Shape of Water is mute and uses sign language to communicate. Mikey from Rise of the TMNT has been confirmed to have ADHD and Donnie has been confirmed to have Autism. DJ from Star Wars: The Last Jedi has a speech impediment/stutter, fun fact his actor is the one that came up with the stutter. Silhouette from the Marvel Comics was a human mutant paralyzed from the waist down by a bullet injury and now uses metal brace crutches to get around, she has the ability to manipulate shadows and teleport. Garrett Miller from Extreme Ghostbusters uses a wheelchair to get around since his legs don't work, but he's still and avid sports fan and wants to major in physical therapy. Mikey from the Goonies has Asthma which he constantly uses an inhaler throughout the entire movie.

I'm an 11 year old with ADHD and absolutely love the amount of characters with ADHD in this video, I feel so appreciated

One of my friends has speech impediment since birth. She always speaks with sheeshing sounds so it's sometimes hard to understand what she says but I always try to. She was bullied in her childhood for her voice + she has health problems + she was raised by strict parents (especially very nervous angry mother) in multiple children family, so it is very struggling for her. She even said me her voice condition will become worse in years. It's great to see that my friend isn't alone with her condition, even if it's fictional character.

1:53 that spin was clean goddaym

2:52 honestly made me cry. I also have a speech impairment and sometimes when I’m defending myself people don’t take me seriously.

as someone with both ADHD and Autism i'm always happy to see awareness to us disabled people in media

The fact that dyslexia is misspelled in the video 😭

I love that cartoons are including more characters with disabilities so that people that have disabilities can relate to them ❤

this made my day! I have autism and some physical disabilities due to being born early. Thank you for spreading awareness and normalizing these wonderful characters.

I DON'T CARE HOW OLD THIS VUDEO IS, I LOVE IT!!! IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO SEE SHOW CREATORS AND EPISODE WRITERD TO PORTRAY THIS IN MEDIA. Personally, with ADHD (combined type),Autism, severe sensory issues, and show ing symptoms of Tourettes and bipolar, it warms my heart.

I have autism, a stutter, and other things, and i love seeing people with the same things because it makes me feel seen 🖤🖤🖤

Never realized how many looney tunes characters had speech impedediment

As an autistic woman , I love this

Wasn't expecting Shouko Nishimiya in here.

They even promoted it in Sesame Street. That’s very generous of them. Gotta respect those characters

as a person who stutters im getting less insecure about it when i see other characters have it because then i feel normal in some way.

okay- since I'm autistic the fact that disabilities like autism, wheelchairs, prosthetics, etc are more prominent in media now than when I was younger makes me SO HAPPY. when I was a younger, I was basically taught that I wasn't normal, and that nobody with disabilities was normal, WHICH ISNT TRUE. It really holds up the fact that representation DOES MATTER.

"I thought maybe if I could use tech to help you you'd like me" That literally hit home for me. I did the same thing, but with art and I just wanted to be accepted by people. 😞

sometimes im terrified for the future, but then i see videos like this with representation and how much of it is in children’s media and it gives me hope ❤ thank you for making this! (im at the combination adhd and autism)

I have dyscaculia, a learning delay in math, and I would love to see characters that have my struggles! We need more learning delay characters:3 amazing video!! ❤❤

WHAT THE- IN ALL MY YEARS OF LIFE I HAVE NOT NOTICE ONE BIT OF NEMO’S LIMB LENGTH DISCREPANCY EVER! I AM A DISAPPOINTMENT IN NOT NOTICING BARELY ANY OF THESE DISABILITIES, I ONLY OVER LOOKED THEM..I AM ASHAMED OF MYSELF! I ONLY KNOW SOME OF THESE CHARACTERS. 😃

I found it really nice that Big City Greens was included in this. Thank you!

Seeing lots of ADHD representation, especially in kids shows, make me so happy since lots of people don’t really take females with ADHD seriously!

0:40 that’s just sad

I'm planning to include characters with many disabilities in my stories. I have something that we're still trying to get diagnosed, where sometimes my limbs give out completely. I also have several other, less hard to function with, things such as asthma, adhd, possibly autism, etc. It's great to see people including disabled characters in their stories.

1:20 I love him already

3:19 I remember Abby suffering from Short term memory loss and liked the paint squishing in her fingers.

I am a teen with high functioning autism and I have to say I love how people are raising awareness.

Speech impediments are often meant as a laughing matter which is like dude

2:02 *flashbacks of piggy of that one character in the vent* so this is her in the real show

I have autism, ADHD, short memory loss, and a slight speech impediment, it’s nice to see some realistic representation, instead of just people yelling “TIMMEH”

5:09 Short Saul Goodman 3d theme

4:07 so that's why I found cricket so relatable when I watched this episode-

lindsay from total drama basically has either short term memory loss or autism because it took her 3 seasons to remember her boyfriend

I suffer with ADHD, and seeing Jack in Bluey, just made my heart warm, even though I’m not really a jack Russell person. He immediately became my favorite character from Bluey, because I could often relate to him.

I never thought of Porky Pig as having a speech impediment. But I guess it is, technically.

I relate to the characters with adhd

One of my favourite disabled characters is Amaya from the dragon prince. She's deaf and uses sign language, shes the aunt of 2 of the main characters and is also a knight and is now engaged to the Sunfire elf queen. We actually see her say "Go!" In the most recent season which came as a surprise. She's definitelly a cool character thats for sure

It sucks that it's only since 21st century that autism starts to be well recognized and discussed properly.

I have autism and adhd! Which also gave me some social anxiety and dyscalculia And I have asthma! And extreme allergies like ACK- If that’s considered somewhat of a disability I mean? It affects my life?- It was nice to see people represented in many different ways!

I'm really glad you included stuttering!! I feel like far too often stuttering gets overlooked as a disability

2:23 I GOT AN AWNSER FINALLY

I like to imagine Toph popularized audiobooks once the tech was invented in the avatar universe

aw. i have autism and adhd. this made me feel happy :]

Johngalli A. And N'Doul from Jojo are blind. Daiya Higashikata from the same series is nearly blind and Johnny Joestar uses a wheelchair. As for mental illnesses goes Jojo has a bit of everything since the series is know for how unique and bizarre the stories and characters are, thats its gimmick, for example Kira Yoshikage has a clear case of OCD, he writes down every detail about the growtg of his nails, has intrusive thoughts and compulsevily bites off his nails when stressed, Diavolo has DID, Rikiel has severe anxiety, Jodio was diagnosed as possibly having antisocial personality disorder, Mikitaka has mild prosopagnosia, high sensorial sensitivity and cant pick up on social cues as he is extremely literal

Toph is no joke one of the best written disabled characters in media. She shows that disabled people are not that different from able people in terms of personality, and the writers embrace the fact that she’s blind and write her as this cool character who has enhanced senses. It’s empowering and cool. PS: Idk if this counts as “media,” but Whiteout from Wings of Fire has associative synesthesia.

5:19 toph the icon

Entrapta and Sheldon were always so relatable, but it took 21 years for my therapists to realize why 😂 I'm happy though, for some weird reason I feel special being like them. ❤

I love how we’re getting this kind of representation in tv

It really makes me feel nice to see characters who are also missing limbs from birth, but I wish I could see more characters with the same birth defect as me :))

1:50 Im sorry for this but I read "wheelchair user" and started imagining Mandy Mouse as a stand user (No offense meant, my mind just had a fun brain fart I wanted to share with others)

3:24 it's so nice to have a show represent autism so well, *if iT DIDN'T SUPPORT FUCKING AUTISM SPEAKS* -a diagnosed autistic person with adhd

0:13 as someone who has ADHD this is really accurate we do lose focus a lot of time and can be very agitated

i love toph so much she’s literally my hero

as a teen with autism. I'm 90 percent sure that jack from bluey has autism. pretty much everything jack does in his screen time I did at some point in my early childhood. which means he likely pretty high functioning. so much so that it seems like adhd but is more likely asd.

please add Hiccup from How To Train Your Dragon and Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist (both have missing limbs/prosthetic limbs) if you make a second part to this! :D

Timmy and Jimmy from South Park: We're not even here baby, we're just an illusion

Ooh tysm for including Julia. I remember being so excited when i first heard about her

Having characters I can see on screen and view myself in as someone with adhd and autism makes me smile 😊. Thank you for putting together this compilation.

4:18/4:25 most ADHD line I heard from a show

Walter from The 2011 Muppet Movie feels very autistic coded to me! The way his love for the Muppets is so central to his life is very relatable to me personally. (Has anyone actually seen the 2011 Muppet Movie or am I the only one who's absolutely obsessed with it?-)

Thank you for making this wonderful video. I cannot put into words how important and brilliant it is that we are seeing more and more characters with representations of various conditions. If only there had been more years ago! It's so important for children to recognize themselves on screen and perhaps find comfort in particular characters. I think there need to be even more! ❤ I am currently working on creating more myself!

mandy mouse is the best disabled character here

I'm autistic and I realize about it some weeks ago, it was a bit hard to process but I started to accept it. That character from She-Ra makes me feel so relatable , also with Julia from Sesame Street.

Wilt from Foster's home for imaginary friends is a first main character with disabilities in Cartoon Network series. He has no arm, he has lazy eye and he is traumatized(not PTSD)

0:54 Lyrics : Ouit! Out! Es- a-a- a a- and stay out! D-d-d-d Dan- da- d- d- d- d- *VIOLENTLY KICKS THE DOG* *OPEN THIS DOOR A- B- B- B- LET ME ME IN! LET ME-* Dan- da- d- First I’ll have to fit a- a- paper pattern on you 🌪🌪

Bluey is such a good show