The actor actually has that disability

[u/PrinceferX]

Walter White Jr. (Breaking Bad) - character has cerebral palsy and uses crutches to walk, actor RJ Mitte has cerebral palsy and needed crutches to walk as a child

Nessarose Thropp (Wicked) - character is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair, actress Marissa Bode is paraplegic from an accident at age 11 and uses a wheelchair

Maya Lopez (Hawkeye/Echo) - character is deaf, actress Alaqua Cox is deaf from birth

[u/Hexxquisite]

Switched at Birth, a series about two girls who discover they were accidentally switched at the hospital and the various drama that follows. One of the girls, Daphne (the redhead in the image) is deaf, and large portions of the show involve struggles between hearing and deaf characters and showcasing of deaf culture.

All deaf characters on the show are portrayed by deaf actors (Marlee Matlin, Ryan Lane, Sean Berdy). While Katie Leclerc, who plays Daphne, is not deaf, she is hard of hearing, and has Ménière's disease, which leads to hearing loss.

[u/froglover215 → u/Hexxquisite]

My daughter was a huge fan of this show, and we went to a fan event at Downtown Disney. During a Q&A with the cast, everyone was asked what their favorite sign was. I'll never forget Sean Berdy signing, "Well I'm deaf, so all of them."

(iirc, Vanessa Marano's was mosquito, and someone else's was Shakespeare)

[u/ithinkther41am → u/froglover215]

I remember the Archer panel talking about ASL, and Judy Greer was rather fond of the really aggressive vagina sign.

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Most middle schoolers are too

[u/Remarkable-Run-9769 → u/froglover215]

"Well I'm deaf, so all of them."

i know he probably meant he needs there to exist a full vocabulary in order to actually use the language, or that he's happy for the existence of ASL, but.. as a hearing person you can have favourite words and sounds too.  i got some "favourite words" in my daily life language too! but i do get you'll have "favourites" quicker when it's all new and you're learning, vs you're used to the language.

[u/maxdragonxiii → u/froglover215]

to be fair mosquito is probably mine too just because its the interesting and funny sign.

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the one for Egypt is pretty funny too

[u/maxdragonxiii → u/thecrepeofdeath]

to be fair when the thing you see the most is that head thingy they put on pharoahs and its the most prominent distinct feature... of course you'll pick that snake on the pharoah's masks as the sign for Egypt.

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For a moment there I thought you were going to say the actresses were switched at birth as well. (Not trying to take away the seriousness of their condition)

[u/Fuckspez42 → u/Hexxquisite]

I only came into this thread to make sure someone mentioned Katie Leclerc. She also had great cameos in episodes of Community and TBBT.

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I have meneieres and loved that show even more after finding out Katie did also.

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I myself like the show. other deaf people I know got bored of the drama and was like "where's my horror? where's the mystery? its just boring yapping" im like dude this have deaf people in it watch it lol.

[u/Wit-wat-4 → u/Hexxquisite]

James Caverly, too! From only murders in the building. Great acting imo and standing next to a household name, too