I'm sort-of both ways - my hearing issue isn't from birth but I was five, so I don't really remember having full hearing, but my mobility issue is a teen-onwards thing. But I know what you mean, I keep thinking about other disabilities and going "What if I screw it up?"
The character I wrote had a badly damaged knee and a few surgeries, so there were crutches for a few months, then cane-using for several more, and he was trying to navigate kink (as a sub) without being able to kneel or use that leg. It was interesting to look at what challenges he faced in that role, with that. The main focus was the sex, but obviously, he had to deal in order to get to the sex.
But yeah. I keep joking/complaining that as a cane-using man, the sole person who looks like me on TV... is House. And I don't want to write him, I want to smack him with a kipper! (Then we temporarily had Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds. He was cool and I coveted his cane.)
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Date: 2010-06-13 11:13 pm (UTC)The character I wrote had a badly damaged knee and a few surgeries, so there were crutches for a few months, then cane-using for several more, and he was trying to navigate kink (as a sub) without being able to kneel or use that leg. It was interesting to look at what challenges he faced in that role, with that. The main focus was the sex, but obviously, he had to deal in order to get to the sex.
But yeah. I keep joking/complaining that as a cane-using man, the sole person who looks like me on TV... is House. And I don't want to write him, I want to smack him with a kipper! (Then we temporarily had Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds. He was cool and I coveted his cane.)