Jake (Becker)- blind
Corky (Life Goes On) Down Syndrome
Turk (Scrubs)- diabetes

Dorothy on Golden Girls had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

That kid on Malcolm in the Middle (can't remember his name) was in a wheelchair.

Dr. Bob Hartley's therapy patients on The Bob Newhart Show were mostly a very mentally disturbed lot (especially Elliot Carlin! :eek:)

Sam Malone-"CHEERS"-alcoholic
Murphy Brown-"MURPHY BROWN"-alcoholic
Martin Crane-"FRASIER"-walks with a cane as a result of being shot in the hip.

Speaking of alcoholics - Det. Lenny Briscoe (Law & Order) was also constantly battling the bottle.

Dr. Gregory House of "House" had an infarction on his quadricep muscle and has to walk with a cane and take painkillers after surgery.


Jason Street of "Friday Night Lights" became paralyzed from the chest down after a football injury on the first episode.


Artie Abrams of "GLEE" became wheelchair-bound after a childhood car accident.

Dorothy on Golden Girls had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

That kid on Malcolm in the Middle (can't remember his name) was in a wheelchair.

Dr. Bob Hartley's therapy patients on The Bob Newhart Show were mostly a very mentally disturbed lot (especially Elliot Carlin! :eek:)
The kid from Malcolm in the Middle is Stevie Kenarban.
Blair's cousin Geri on The Facts of Life had cerebral palsy.

Lt. Andy Sipowicz, NYPD Blue, alcoholic

Gary Ewing, Dallas/Knots Landing, alcoholic

Mr. Van Rensaleer, Archie Bunker's Place, blind

Mike Longstreet - "Longstreet" - Blind (after explosion)

Robert Ironside - "Ironside" - Paralyzed (after assassination attempt)

Otis Campbell "The Andy Griffith Show" - Alcoholic

Veronica - Archie Bunker's Place (alcoholic)
Sue Ellen - Dallas (alcoholic)
Theo - The Cosby Show (dyslexia)

Sue Thomas - Sue Thomas FBI (Deaf)
Geordi LaForge -Star Trek TNG (Blind)
Mary Ingalls Kendall - LHOTP (Blind)
Adam Kendall - LHOTP (Blind) later regained his sight
Esther (Grandma) Walton - The Waltons (Stroke)

Tara Gregson of "United States of Tara" has dissociative identity disorder.


Walter White of "Breaking Bad" has terminal lung cancer.


Augustus Hill of "OZ" became paralyzed from the waist down after a police officer threw him from a rooftop during a shootout; Hill had killed a SWAT team member.

Robin Scorpio (General Hospital) - HIV-positive

Stone Cates (General Hospital) - died of AIDS. He was Robin's boyfriend and infected her with HIV.

Lt. Anita Van Buren (Law & Order) - being treated for cancer.

Kevin Girardi on Joan of Arcadia was paralyzed on his bottom half and always in a wheelchair.

Sorry, that's the only one I can think of at the moment.

Detective Jim Dunbar of the short-lived "Blind Justice" became blind (obviously) from an on-duty shootout.

Isaiah Edwards - Little House on the Prairie (alcoholism)

Christine Cagney - Cagney & Lacey (alcoholism)

Joe Swanson - Family Guy (in a wheelchair due to him getting shot while on duty) Of course, in one episode he got a leg transplant, only to be shot again by Bonnie!!:p

Dr Carrie Weaver ER had a crutch during most of the run on ER
Jeannie Boulet was HIV positive on ER
President Bartlett had been diagnosed with MS
Theo had dylexia on the cosby show
Dr Gabe Lawrence had dementia

Jake (Becker) - blind

Pete Thornton (MacGyver) - glaucoma, which is also what happened to the actor in real life as well.

Robert T. Ironside (Ironside) - wheelchair-bound

George Lopez (George Lopez Show)-Dyslexic
Max Lopez (George Lopez Show)-Dyslexic
Corky (Life Goes On) Down Syndrome

Major Wilton Smythe (Keeping Up Appearances)- Wounded in the leg,has to limp.
Diana Trent (Waiting for God)- Polymyalgia
Tom Ballard (Waiting for God)- Mild semi-feigned dementia

Dr. Spencer Reid, Criminal Minds, Asperger syndrome
Benny Stulwicz, L.A. Law, mentally disabled
Peter Thornton, MacGyver, blind

Tommy Westphall on "St. Elsewhere"- autistic

Marissa Clark on "Early Edition"- blind

Paul Pfeiffer on "The Wonder Years" - long-time allergy sufferer and I think he was asthmatic too

Stacey McGill on "The Babysitters Club"- diabetic

Major Wilton Smythe (Keeping Up Appearances)- Wounded in the leg,has to limp.
Diana Trent (Waiting for God)- Polymyalgia
Tom Ballard (Waiting for God)- Mild semi-feigned dementia
never heard of any of those shows.

They're British shows, so if you're not from England you may not be familiar with them. However, I do know that "Keeping Up Appearances" has run on PBS in America, so some Americans may also be familiar with some of them. (And if you have cable, they may run on the BBC Channel as well.)

Amos Mccoy,of the Real McCoys. Walter Brennan's character had a limp

Chester on Gunsmoke walked with a limp.

Frank Pembleton, Homicide: Life on the Street, stroke (though he seems to have almost completely recovered after one season)

Shannon Rutherford, Lost: Asthma

John Locke, Lost: Paralyzed from the waist down (after being thrown out of a building by his own father)

Jack Shepard, Lost: Appendicitis

Charlie Pace, Lost: Heroin Addict

Kendra Crinklesack, The Cleveland Show, Morbidly Obese

JJ DiMeo on Speechless has cerebral palsy as does the actor who portrays him.