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Had this conversation with someone who chose to no longer be at my table after meeting a blind NPC
(files.catbox.moe)
Another player who was at the table during the incident sent me this meme after the problem player in question (they had a history) left the group chat.
Felt like sharing it here because I'm sure more people should keep this kind of thing in mind.
I couldn't care less if there is a disabled character in a fantasy game. But it does beg the question: why would there be a magic character who relies on a real-world wheelchair when they presumably have magical abilities that would eliminate their disability, and why would that be someone's fantasy?
That being said, it's fantasy. You're allowed to do virtually anything you want. It's up to the DM to accommodate their players.
It may simply not be a disability in their eyes. If you can use magic your ability isn't as grounded in your own physical ability. A fighter sure, but there are other classes that may not have a desire to "fix" what we would consider to be disabling!
This would almost certainly be similar to how people on the autism spectrum feel vs how people who don't, expect them to feel.
Even moreso in something like a typical medium-high magic D&D setting, where most medium size towns have at least one person around that can fix those sorts of problems for people several times a day.
Because to some people the most important thing of all is representation of specific groups and everything else is secondary.
This is where a good storyteller would have a blast.
Maybe a mage could heal it, but then they would take on the disability themselves.
Or a magical disability is the result of a 1:1 battle with another magic wielder. Only a being of equal power can cause permanent damage.
The disability is a payment for some rare power. Maybe you lose your eyes but can now see the astral plane and pilot the Event Horizon.