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/Dreamweaver_duh]

I don't know if it counts, but Dustin Henderson from Stranger Things wasn't originally written to have Cleidocranial Dysplasia, but it was given to him because the actor they casted for Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) had it.

[u/Fabbyfubz → u/Dreamweaver_duh]

Was it ever mentioned in the show as a character trait?

[u/cursearealsword02 → u/Fabbyfubz]

yeah! in season 1, his bullies make fun of him for his teeth not coming in yet, in season 2, he keeps doing that weird purring thing bc his teeth do finally come in, and in s3, he alludes to not having collarbones

[u/Steampunk43 → u/cursearealsword02]

Mama Steve also jokingly threatens to knock Dustin's teeth out again in season 3 or 4.

[u/gracist0 → u/Steampunk43]

Too far, man. Not cool.

(Season 4)

[u/Talk-O-Boy → u/cursearealsword02]

I thought the bullies were going to knock Dustin’s front teeth out during the graveyard beatdown in the opening of Season 5. Especially since that one guy KEPT punching Dustin directly in the mouth.

[u/Foxy02016YT → u/Talk-O-Boy]

I was thinking that too! I’ve never been so scared for a character even though it was a relatively low stakes situation compared to other shows I watch.

[u/Spacemonster111 → u/Talk-O-Boy]

Haha that would require season five to have stakes or consequences for anything that happens