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== Literature ==
* Most adults treat Agnes Thatcher, who is deaf, this way in ''Is That You, Miss Blue?'' and some girls even set her up with a blind guy at a dance. She especially resents people writing notes to her since she's an expert lipreader, and will write "What?" in reply.
* In ''[[The Baby Sitters Club]]'' spin-off series ''Little Sister,'' Karen's class gets a new girl named Addie who has cerebral palsy and so is confined to a wheelchair. Karen takes it upon herself to help
* Elizabeth Bathory's feelings of self-loathing in ''[[Count and Countess]]'' are a result of this mindset. (She suffers from severe epilepsy throughout the novel.) She later subverts it however, making her more of a [[Handicapped Badass]].
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== Visual Novels ==
* Cheerfully [[Averted Trope]] (possibly even defied) in ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'': Rin has no arms, but is very agile with her feet; Emi has no legs, but runs track using prosthesis; Shizune is deaf-mute, but serves as an effective and ruthless [[Student Council President]] (with a [[Translator Buddy]]). Indeed most of their real problems are only partially informed by their disabilities, for example Shizune is extremely extroverted and eager to interfere in other peoples lives because her inability to speak makes her isolated and easy to ignore, but also {{spoiler|due to the influence of her over combative father.}}<br />On the other hand, Hisao tends to [[Internalized Categorism|internalise]] this at times, and realising that this trope isn't true for [[Shrinking Violet|Hanako]] is one of the main goals of her
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