Sapphics With Disabilities

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(Sourced from the Reddit thread) In most books the MC has a disability; in a few books a side character who plays a major role in the story has it.

  • A Breathless Place by Harper Bliss — [Suicidal Ideation] (Dunno if a conventional disability but I consider it so: one FMC has extreme suicidal ideation. Major plot driver.)
  • A Heart Full of Hope by Cheyenne Blue — [Prosthesis] (leg)
  • A Masc for Purim by Roz Alexnder - [Progressive vision loss] (Narrated from perspective of MC without disability)
  • A Wish Upon A Star by Jeanie Leavig — [Autism] (MC's child has autism, major presence)
  • Alice Rue Evades the Truth by Emily Zipps [Multiple Sclerosis]
  • Almost Perfect by Lulu Lucille [Wheelchair]
  • Ask Me Again by EJ Noyes — [PTSD] (Must read the prequel Ask, Tell; detailed rep; entire story is about recovery)
  • At All Costs by Micheala Lynn. [Wheelchair] (Wheelchair user is angry disabled stereotype, poster does not recommend.)
  • Bring Holly Home + Keep Holly Close by AE/Amanda Radley — [Amnesia]
  • Carmilla and Laura by SD Simper — [Wheelchair]
  • Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner — [ADHD] (I haven't read it but some blogs indicated that the character's POV narration majorly reads like someone with more disorganized thoughts / ADHD)
  • Don't Let Go + Stay With Me (presumably since sequel) by Sheryl Wright — [Speech Impediment, Concussive head trauma]
  • Fitting In by Amanda/AE Radley — [Autism]
  • Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood - [Multiple Sclerosis]
  • Godkiller by Hanah Kaner [Prosthesis] (leg)
  • Gold by EJ Noyes [PTSD, Chronic pain, limp] (Major skiing accident)
  • Hearing Red by Nicole Maser — [Blindness]
  • Just A Touch Away by Jae [Aphantasia] (Not a plot driver or impediment)
  • Just Physical by Jae [Multiple Sclerosis] (one person commented book's description and their observation of RRMS symptoms don't match)
  • Like A Power Play by Elle Sprinkle [Rheumatoid Arthritis]
  • Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones — [Autism; Mobility Issues] (Autism: not realized; Mobility Issues: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - Connective tissue condition)
  • Making A Comeback by Julie Blair [Blindness]
  • One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston — [Location restriction] (Not a disability, but one FMC must remain restricted to a particular physical space.)
  • Passion Marked by Ophelia Silk [Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), Cane use]
  • Redsight by Meredith Mooring [Blindness]
  • Scaredy Cat by Robin Alexander — [Phobias] (one FMC has major phobias; humorous, low angst)
  • Shameless Expectations by Adrian J Smith — [Agoraphobia; Insomnia; PTSD] (extreme insomnia, PTSD and doesn't leave the house)
  • Sprinkled In The Stars by Violet Morley — [Autism] (MC's child has autism, major presence)
  • Stay With Me by Sheryl Wright — [Speech Impediment] (presumed, since the sequel)
  • Survival Kit by AH Haga [Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatugue Syndrome, wheelchair]
  • The Flying Ship by Jem Milton [Prosthesis] (leg)
  • The Hollow Witch by Mary Borsellino [Deafness]
  • The Loudest Silence by Olivia Janae — [Deafness] (Person with diability starts out stereotypically angry which eventually goes away)
  • The Roommate Arrangement by Jae — [Prosthesis] (eye; light, fun; one of my favs)
  • The Snowball Effect by Haley Cass — [ADHD] (It's a consideration in the story but doesn't constrain story-telling.)
  • The Unbroken by C.L. Clark — [Chronic Pain; Mobility Issues]
  • The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth [Chronic Pain]
  • Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield [Irritable Bowel Syndrome]
  • Under The Sitka Sky by Violet Morley — [Seizures]
  • What the Heart Sees by K.C. Luck [Blindness]
  • Who'd Have Thought by G Benson — [Alzheimer's; Asperger's] (Alzheimer's: minor character, short but potent rep; Asperger's: one FMC is neuro-atypical, possibly on the spectrum, but it's not explicitly stated; affects personality and interactions with the other FMC but doesn't constrain story-telling; one of my favs; humorous, fun, light)
  • Wounded Souls by RJ Nolan — [Emotional Trauma (primary or secondary); Prosthesis] (Emotional Trauma: covert plot point; Prosthesis: MC & major side character, leg)
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